Benjamin S Lambeth
10) Air operations in Israel's war against Hezbollah: learning from Lebanon and getting it right in Gaza
Author
Publisher
RAND Corporation
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
In response to a surprise incursion by Hezbollah combatants into northern Israel and their abduction of two Israeli soldiers, Israel launched a campaign that included the most complex air offensive to have taken place in the history of the Israeli Air Force (IAF). Many believe that the inconclusive results of this war represent a "failure of air power." The author demonstrates that this conclusion is an oversimplification of a more complex reality....