All glory is fleeting : insights from the Second Lebanon War /

All glory is fleeting : insights from the Second Lebanon War /

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Author / Creator:Glenn, Russell W., author.
Imprint:Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2012.
Description:1 online resource (xxii, 97 pages) : color map.
Language:English
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-708-1-JFCOM
Rand Corporation monograph series ; MG-708-1-JFCOM.
Subject:
Lebanon War (2006)
Lebanon War, 2006 -- Evaluation.
Military planning -- Israel -- Evaluation.
Strategy -- Evaluation.
Evaluation.
Military planning -- Evaluation.
Military policy -- Evaluation.
Israel -- Military policy -- Evaluation.
Israel.
Lebanon.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11396948
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Other authors / contributors:United States. Joint Forces Command.
National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Rand Corporation.
ISBN:9780833079497
0833079492
Notes:"Prepared for the United States Joint Forces Command."
"National Defense Research Institute."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-97).
Online resource; title from PDF title page (RAND, viewed August 15, 2012).
Summary:A Hizballah raid along the Lebanon-Israel border on July 12, 2006, resulted in the capture of two Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers and others killed and wounded. The response from Jerusalem was both quick and violent, surprising Hizballah's leadership and triggering the month-long Second Lebanon War. The event left the IDF a chastened force and Israel an introspective nation. The IDF's efforts to learn from the war and correct recognized deficiencies began immediately. This book draws on information provided by serving IDF personnel during a March 2007 conference held in Tel Aviv, interviews with retired IDF officers, and written sources. The analysis first reviews identified shortfalls, then offers an external perspective to provide further thoughts on sources of difficulties and analyze what the conflict offers the U.S. military in the way of lessons that might assist as it confronts operational challenges today and in the future.

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