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Tzalel, Moshe

 
9780313313608: From Ice-Breaker to Missile Boat: The Evolution of Israel's Naval Strategy
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ISBN 10 : 0313313601 ISBN 13 : 9780313313608
Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 2000

Synopsis

As a small nation in a hostile region, Israel has made defense a top priority. Tzalel takes a critical look at the naval branch of Israel's defense forces to consider its history, its performance, and its overall importance to maintaining national security. From a motley collection of illegal immigrant ships operated prior to the birth of the state, the Israelis have since the 1960s established a modern navy. However, Tzalel argues, the modernization and expansion of the Israeli navy has been driven more by an excess of funds and the lack of clearly defined priorities than by any real necessity.

Like most small countries, Israel has no need to command the sea during peace or in wartime. The author examines each step of naval development by direct correlation to the perceived need for each new phase and the circumstances that led naval and military leaders to make specific choices, and he discusses the benefits of these choices on the field of battle. He hopes to map the complex relationship between the navy men, the Israeli government, and public sentiment. Although the nation has managed to create a new and impressive class of warship, the Sa'ar FAC(M) and its larger derivatives, Tzalel contends that the military logic behind such naval construction was faulty and that the nation's submarine flotilla constitutes a sheer waste of monetary and human resources.

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À propos de l'auteur

MOSHE TZALEL is an independent researcher in Lodon./e He served in the Israeli navy as an engineering noncommissioned officer from 1973 to 1976 and then went on to the Merchant Marine as a navigating officer and ship master.

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Éditeur
Praeger Publishers Inc
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0313313601
ISBN 13 
9780313313608
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
184
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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