The Israeli secret services and the struggle against terrorism

The Israeli secret services and the struggle against terrorism / Ami Pedahzur.

Ami Pedahzur argues that Israel's strict reliance on the elite units of the intelligence community is fundamentally flawed. Pedahzur's complex study explores this issue through Israel's past encounters with terrorists, specifically hostage rescue missions, the first and second wars in...

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Main Author: Pedahzur, Ami (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009.
Series:Columbia studies in terrorism and irregular warfare.
Subjects:
Terrorism > Israel > Prevention.
Intelligence service > Israel.
Secret service > Israel.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Intelligence service
Secret service
Terrorism > Prevention
Israel
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • The emergence of Israel's counterterrorism doctrine
  • The path to the defensive model and back
  • Rescuing hostages
  • The Lebanese puzzle
  • New challenges from the West Bank and Gaza
  • The global challenge of Iran and Hezbollah
  • New rivals, old responses
  • A war against an elusive enemy
  • The second Lebanon war and beyond
  • Fighting the terrorism plague.

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