A entire account of Israel's doctrine of nationwide safety, this research examines to what measure safeguard theories have confirmed legitimate and indicates an up to date protection doctrine for the subsequent century. starting with the institution of the country of Israel in 1948, Israeli safeguard planners have confronted a frightening job. normal Tal describes the historical past of the Israel-Arab wars from the warfare of Independence onward and offers a safety thought particular to Israel from which the battling doctrines of the Israeli army derive. He additionally to categorizes the degrees of protection a variety of international locations get pleasure from due to their differing geo-political occasions, their strength, and the conflicts of pursuits that they face with their neighbors.

This quantity clarifies issues within the quarter of nationwide defense, the artwork of struggle, rules of warfare, and classes realized from previous conflicts. Tal concludes that prior safeguard conception proved legitimate since it used to be established upon a call to allocate the nice component of to be had assets, either highbrow and fabric, to safe nationwide security. notwithstanding, this conception is not any longer legitimate as a result of political adjustments within the heart East and the improvement of recent army applied sciences. He asserts a brand new procedure that rests upon mutual strategic deterrence through the region.