Israel versus Hezbollah 2006: Assessing Israeli Strategy

Abstract

Within this assessment of the 33-day 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah War, the author examines both the real-time and historical considerations that affected Israel's decision to invade Lebanon. He further provides an analysis of both Israel and Hezbollah and how they prepared, or failed to prepare, themselves for the next war after the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000. Additionally, he looks at the impact the international community had on the 2006 war, specifically addressing the overwhelming advantages Hezbollah enjoyed vis-a-vis Israel. Lastly, the author provides an overall summary of a few of the more cogent lessons learned from the Israeli-Hezbollah War which applied not just to Israel, but have direct implications for the United States.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 13, 2008
Accession Number
ADA493745

Entities

People

  • Gregory D. Parsons

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Combat Areas
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Governments
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Systems Analysis and Design