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020			_z0833051466 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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100	1		_aLambeth, Benjamin S.
245	1	0	_aAir operations in Israel's war against Hezbollah _h[electronic resource] : _blearning from Lebanon and getting it right in Gaza / _cBenjamin S. Lambeth.
246	3	0	_aIsrael's war against Hezbollah
260			_aSanta Monica, Calif. : _bRAND Corporation, _c2011.
300			_axxxiii, 388 p. : _bill., maps.
500			_a"Project Air Force.".
500			_a"MG-835-AF"--P. [4] of cover.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 345-366) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Highlights of the campaign -- Key Israeli air accomplishments -- Problems in air employment -- The Winograd Commission's findings -- A second chance in Gaza -- The Second Lebanon War reconsidered.
520			_aIn response to a surprise incursion by Hezbollah combatants into northern Israel and their abduction of two Israeli soldiers, Israel launched a campaign that included the most complex air offensive to have taken place in the history of the Israeli Air Force (IAF). Many believe that the inconclusive results of this war represent a "failure of air power." The author demonstrates that this conclusion is an oversimplification of a more complex reality. He assesses the main details associated with the Israeli Defense Forces' (IDF's) campaign against Hezbollah to correct the record regarding what Israeli air power did and did not accomplish (and promise to accomplish) in the course of contributing to that campaign. He considers IAF operations in the larger context of the numerous premises, constraints, and ultimate errors in both military and civilian leadership strategy choice that drove the Israeli government's decisionmaking throughout the counteroffensive. He also examines the IDF's more successful operation against the terrorist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip in December 2008 and January 2009, to provide points of comparison and contrast in the IDF's conduct of the latter campaign based on lessons learned and assimilated from its earlier combat experience in Lebanon.--Publisher description.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. _bPalo Alto, Calif. : _cebrary, _d2013. _nAvailable via World Wide Web. _nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
610	1	0	_aIsrael. _b�Hel ha-a�vir.
610	2	0	_aHizballah (Lebanon)
650		0	_aLebanon War, 2006 _xAerial operations, Israeli.
650		0	_aArab-Israeli conflict _y1993- _xAerial operations, Israeli.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aRand Corporation.
710	2		_aProject Air Force (U.S.)
710	2		_aebrary, Inc.
856	4	0	_uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/kliuc/Doc?id=10488710 _zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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