Israel's Reprisal Policy, 1953-1956
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Arab Israeli conflict
Author_Ze'ev Drory
Ben Gurion's Government
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Civilian Echelon
cross border incursions
dayan
deterrence strategy
echelon
elite military units
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Gaza Operation
Golani Brigade
IDF Force
IDF Unit
Infiltration Activities
Israeli Pounds
Jordanian Legion
Khan Yunis
lavon
military
Military Echelon
military retaliation policy study
Mixed Armistice Commission
moshe
Moshe Sharett
Motta Gur
Operation Qibya
Paratroop Battalion
Paratroop Commanders
Paratroop Unit
pinhas
Political Echelon
postwar Israeli society
preventive
Reprisal Operations
Reprisal Raids
Routine Security Measures
security policy analysis
senior
Senior Military Echelon
sharett
Sinai Desert
Territorial Defence System
war
Product details
- ISBN 9780714685519
- Weight: 440g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 13 Dec 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Following Israel's War of Independence in 1948 and 1949, the anticipated peace did not materialize and the new nation soon found itself embroiled in protracted military conflict with neighbouring Arab states. Demobilization of its armed forces led to the formation of special elite unit under the command of Ariel Sharon to cope with cross-border infiltration, pillage and murder. A policy of deterrence was governed by the tactic of retaliation, which contained the seeds of escalation. At the same time, a military dynamic unfolded in which the logic of field unit response dictated both military and political policy and caught the imagination of a demoralized and war-weary Israeli society.
The myth of the Israeli paratroopers at the beginning of the 1950s, and their heroic deeds in the reprisal raids, embodied the new Zionist ethos for which the current Prime Minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon, claims much of the credit. The book thus provides historical insight into some of the most intractable developments of the current Arab-Israeli conflict.
