Israel and Hezbollah : A Cautious Stability /

Israel and Hezbollah : A Cautious Stability /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	New York : Novinka/Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2014]
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	Politics and Economics of the Middle East Politics and economics of the Middle East.
Subject:	Hizballah (Lebanon) Hizballah (Lebanon) Lebanon War, 2006 -- Influence. Diplomatic relations Lebanon -- Foreign relations -- Israel. Israel -- Foreign relations -- Lebanon. Israel Lebanon Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11239501

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Other authors / contributors:	Bullock, Grant, editor.
ISBN:	9781634634137 1634634136 9781634633864 1634633865
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Israel and Hezbollah New York : Novinka/Nova Science Publishers, Inc. [2014] 9781634633864

Table of Contents:

Preface
1. From war to deterrence? Israel-Hezbollah Conflict since 2006 / Jean-Loup Samaan
2. Hezbollah: background and issues for Congress / Casey L. Addis and Christopher M. Blanchard
3. Lebanon: background and U.S. policy / Christopher M. Blanchard
Index.