Israel's National Security Predicament: Guarding the Third Temple [Paperback]

Introduction: Israeli National Security: Permanent Interests and Evolving Practices  1. A Brief History of Israeli National Security: Settings and Responses  2. The Foundations of Israeli National Security: Deterrence, Warning, and Decision  3. Territory and Israeli National Security: Defensible Borders, Strategic Depth, and War-Fighting Paradigms  4. Quantity, Quality, and Israeli National Security: Perception Versus Reality  5. Intelligence and Israeli National Security: Kinetic and Cyber Battlefields  6. Self-Reliance and Israeli National Security: Allies, Arms, Soldiers, and the Bomb  7. Foreign Affairs and Israeli National Security: Five Key Policy Areas  8. Domestic Trends and Israeli National Security: Demography, Society, Economy, and Water  Conclusion: The Future of Israeli National Security: Predictions, not Prescriptions

This book provides a ground-breaking assessment of the Israeli national security experience from the establishment of the country through to the present day.

A highly perceptive and concise overview of Israels national security experience, Israels National Security Predicament is structured around discrete chapters that cover all of the major issues in a manner particularly well suited to the informed but not necessarily expert reader. Strongly recommended!

Chuck Freilich, former Israeli deputy national security adviser, and author of Israeli National Security and Israel and the Cyber Threat

Israel's National Security Predicament is a concise and well-written exploration of the evolution of Israel's national security doctrine that offers penetrating insights into the challenges confronting the Jewish state on its 75th anniversary.

Efraim Karsh