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34 Days: Israel, Hezbollah, and the War in Lebanon
34 Days: Israel, Hezbollah, and the War in Lebanon
34 Days: Israel, Hezbollah, and the War in Lebanon
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34 Days: Israel, Hezbollah, and the War in Lebanon

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This is the first comprehensive account of the progression of the Second Lebanese War, from the border abduction of an Israeli soldier on the morning of July 12, 2006, through the hasty decision for an aggressive response; the fateful discussions in the Cabinet and the senior Israeli command; to the heavy fighting in south Lebanon and the raging diplomatic battles in Paris, Washington and New York.

The book answers the following questions: has Israel learned the right lessons from this failed military confrontation? What can Western countries learn from the IDF's failure against a fundamentalist Islamic terror organization? And what role did Iran and Syria play in this affair?

34 Days delivers the first blow-by-blow account of the Lebanon war and new insights for the future of the region and its effects on the West.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateApr 29, 2008
ISBN9780230611542
34 Days: Israel, Hezbollah, and the War in Lebanon
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Amos Harel

Amos Harel is the Ha'aretz newspaper's military correspondent. Harel collaborated previously on The Seventh War: The Real Story of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, a bestseller in Israel and France, and winner of the prestigious Tshetshik Prize from The Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University as the best military study in Israel in 2004. Harel lives in Tel Aviv.

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    Written by two Israeli defense journalists, 34 DAYS is a relatively even-handed account of the 2006 2nd Lebanon War between Israel and Hezbollah. They are not kind to PM Olmert or Chief of Staff Dan Halutz for basically rushing into a conflict with no clear plan on how to end it. The authors also fault the IDF for getting away from it's conventional warfighting roots through near constant involvement in the low-intensity conflict with the Palestinians. While undoubtedly better books on this topic will appear, 34 DAYS is good for now.P.S. Be aware the book was originally written in Hebrew and the translation can be a bit confusing.

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