Zion's Dilemmas: How Israel Makes National Security Policy
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780801479762 |
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Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
Publication date: | 11/06/2014 |
Series: | Cornell Studies in Security Affairs |
Pages: | 336 |
Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
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Table of Contents
IntroductionPart I. The Setting1. Constraints and Players: The External Environment, Proportional Representation System, and National Security EstablishmentIsrael's National Security EnvironmentThe Proportional Representation SystemThe National Security Establishment2. The Decision-Making Process: How the System Actually WorksPathology 1: An Unplanned ProcessPathology 2: A Highly Politicized ProcessPathology 3: Semi-organized Anarchy; or, Is Anyone at the Helm?Pathology 4: An Uninstitutionalized ProcessPathology 5: Primacy of the Defense EstablishmentSomething Must Be Good: Strengths of the Israeli SystemPart II. The Case Studies3. Camp David I: Making Peace with Egypt, 1977–19794. The Makings of a Young Lion: The Lavi Combat Aircraft, 1980–19875. The Invasion of Lebanon, 19826. Leaving Lebanon: The Unilateral Withdrawal, 20007. Camp David II: The Israeli- Palestinian Negotiations, 1999–20008. Disengaging from Gaza, 20059. Back Again: The Second Lebanon War, 2006Part III. Final ThoughtsConclusions and RecommendationsThe Case Studies in Comparative PerspectiveKey FindingsPast Attempts at ReformFailings Tolerable No LongerFuture ReformsAppendix 1: The INSC Law, 2008Appendix 2: Recommendations of the Winograd Commission and the Shahak CommitteeList of InterviewsNotesBibliographyIndexWhat People are Saying About This
This book is a superb guide through the labyrinth of Israel's policymaking process, skillfully demonstrating how major decisions were taken at the most crucial historical junctures. The great advantage to the reader is that it was written by someone who has seen it all from the inside.
This is a unique book providing deep insights into Israeli national security decision making. Synthesizing unusual personal knowledge with theoretical originality, Charles D. Freilich identifies and shows five main pathologies of Israeli security decision making in seven case studies of critical Israeli choices. On this basis a series of important improvement proposals are developed. Zion's Dilemmas is essential reading for all interested in Israeli statecraft, and also of profound significance for the comparative study of national security policies.
The extraordinarily important Zion's Dilemmas is the authoritative book on the making of Israel’s national security policy. Charles D. Freilich lays out fundamental institutions of Israel’s national security infrastructure, identifies five pathologies, and takes the reader through several cases of decision making around war, peace, and weapons procurement. Even the most knowledgeable student of Middle Eastern politics will learn from this thoroughly detailed and comprehensive book by an author with deep knowledge of Israel’s politics.