{"product_id":"2940148880219","title":"BACK TO BASICS: A Study of the Second Lebanon War and Operation CAST LEAD","description":"The Israeli incursions into Lebanon in mid-2006 and into Gaza in late\u003cbr\u003e2008\/early 2009 are important studies in contrasts. During the first, often\u003cbr\u003etermed “the Second Lebanon War,” Hezbollah fought Israeli Defense Forces\u003cbr\u003e(IDF) seeking hostage rescue and retribution to a bloody standstill. During the\u003cbr\u003esecond, Hamas enjoyed far less success against the same forces avowedly in\u003cbr\u003epursuit of only self-defense.\u003cbr\u003eThese and other differences notwithstanding, the two conflicts are both\u003cbr\u003esimilar and linked in several important respects. Each witnessed protagonists\u003cbr\u003ethat were anxious—even desperate—to win prestige and demonstrate the capacity\u003cbr\u003eto safeguard survival. Each also confronted a conventional armed force\u003cbr\u003ewith antagonists, Hezbollah and Hamas, which are possible prototypes for the\u003cbr\u003enon-state adversaries the US could face in the future. Moreover, each conflict\u003cbr\u003ewitnessed the successful prosecution of information operations in ways that\u003cbr\u003ehighlighted the importance of the “new media” in contemporary war. At the\u003cbr\u003esame time, the conflicts were linked intellectually, to the extent that the IDF\u003cbr\u003estudied lessons learned from the first, especially in the realm of information\u003cbr\u003eoperations, to condition planning and application for the second.\u003cbr\u003eThe current work metaphorically extends IDF lessons learned to distill insights\u003cbr\u003efrom the two conflicts for the education of US Army leaders. Produced\u003cbr\u003ein a short period of time, this anthology represents the collaborative effort of\u003cbr\u003eseveral organizations, including CAC’s Center for Army Lessons Learned, the\u003cbr\u003eCombat Studies Institute, the US Army’s Information Operations Proponent,\u003cbr\u003ethe Command and General Staff College, and TRADOC’s Intelligence Support\u003cbr\u003eActivity. Relying on a mixture of primary and secondary materials from a\u003cbr\u003evariety of sources and agencies, the authors have combined multiple perspectives\u003cbr\u003eunder the roof of a single unclassified study. Like the classics, it reaffirms\u003cbr\u003ethe importance of basics and constant introspection as important prerequisites\u003cbr\u003efor military success.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067965718768,"sku":"2940148880219","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148880219_p0.jpg?v=1763709718","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148880219","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}