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The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) is a young army that has gained considerable military experience through the prosecution of seven wars in over six decades: the Independence War (1948), the Sinai War (1956), the Six-Day War (1967), the War of Attrition (1968–1970), the Yom Kippur War (1973), Operation Peace for Galilee in Lebanon (1982–1985) and the Second Lebanon War (July-August 2006). Each of these wars has produced a wealth of journalistic and academic literature on their causes, the course of operations, and their consequences.
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Cohen, S. (2010). Introduction. In: Israel’s Asymmetric Wars. The Sciences Po Series in International Relations and Political Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230112971_1
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