Israel's Lebanese War: A Preliminary Assessment

Oct 2006, Vol. 151, No. 5
By Martin van Creveld

What were the origins of Israel's recent Lebanese War, how was it waged and fought, what lessons were drawn from it, and what is the future likely to bring? At the time of writing, just one month after the guns have fallen silent, a final assessment is not yet possible. But sufficient information is gradually emerging to answer at least some of these questions.

Professor van Creveld is Professor of History at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and author of (inter alia) Defending Israel: A Controversial Plan Toward Peace (2004) and The Changing Face of War: Lessons of Combat, from the Marne to Iraq (forthcoming). This brief article is based on hundreds of Israeli newspaper articles as well as an extensive correspondence with Israeli officers and men. Since all of the material is in Hebrew, footnotes have not been used.

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