Israel and hezbollah : a cautious stability / Grant Bullock, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bullock, Grant, editor.

Series:

Politics and economics of the Middle East.

Politics and Economics of the Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hizballah (Lebanon).

Lebanon War, 2006.

Lebanon--Foreign relations--Israel.

Lebanon.

Israel--Foreign relations--Lebanon.

Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (46 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Novinka, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lebanon's Hezbollah is a Shiite Islamist militia, political party, social welfare organization, and U.S. State Department-designated terrorist organization. Its armed element receives support from Iran and Syria and possesses significant paramilitary and unconventional warfare capabilities. The 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah has generated a vast amount of academic and military studies, including a number from the Strategic Studies Institute. Specifically, authors have tried to identify the new patterns of warfare through this conflict and sometimes have even called it the first illustra

Contents:

""ISRAEL AND HEZBOLLAH: A CAUTIOUS STABILITY""; ""ISRAEL AND HEZBOLLAH: A CAUTIOUS STABILITY""; ""LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: FROM WAR TO DETERRENCE? ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH CONFLICT SINCE 2006""; ""FOREWORD""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""FACTORING DETERRENCE IN THE ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH CONFRONTATION""; ""THE REMAKING OF ISRAELI MILITARY POSTURE VIS-À-VIS HEZBOLLAH""; ""HEZBOLLAH�S LESSONS""; ""GAME CHANGERS IN THE DETERRENCE SYSTEM""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Chapter 2: HEZBOLLAH: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""SUMMARY""

""OVERVIEW AND KEY ISSUES""""BACKGROUND""; ""HEZBOLLAH TODAY""; ""IMPLICATIONS FOR LEBANON""; ""SYRIA""; ""IRAN""; ""HEZBOLLAH�S INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES""; ""U.S. EFFORTS AND INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO COMBAT HEZBOLLAH""; ""ISSUES FOR CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION: POTENTIAL OPTIONS FOR WEAKENING HEZBOLLAH""; ""Chapter 3: LEBANON: BACKGROUND AND U.S. POLICY""; ""SUMMARY""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""RECENT DEVELOPMENTS""; ""HEZBOLLAH""; ""U.S. ASSISTANCE AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS""; ""OUTLOOK""; ""INDEX""; ""Blank Page""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 7, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63463-413-6

OCLC:

899276753