2 J. G. Stein, “The 1973 Intelligence Failure: A Reconsideration,” Jerusalem Quarterly 24 (Summer 1982): 41-54.
3 Meir, My Life (Jerusalem: Steimatzky, 1975), pp. 356-357.
4 Cf. M. van Creveld, Command in War (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1985), pp. 218-229; there is an even more detailed account in U. Milstein, Ha-tslicha she-lo Hayta [The Crossing That Wasn’t] (Tel Aviv: Golan, 1992), p. 142 ff.
5 B. Kedar, Sippuro shel Gdud Machats [The Story of “Machats” Battalion] (Tel Aviv: Tamuz, 1975), p. 11.
6 E. Shimshi, Seara Be-Oktober [Storm in October] (Tel Aviv: Maarachot, 1986), p. 15.
7 Lieutenant Colonel Adini as quoted in Milstein, Ha-tslicha she-lo Hayta , p. 183.
8 T. N. Dupuy, Elusive Victory : The Arab-Israeli Wars, 1947-1974 (New York: Harper and Row, 1978), pp. 623-627.
9 R. Eytan, Sippur shel Chayal [A Soldier’s Story] (Tel Aviv: Maariv, 1991), p. 131.
10 U. Eilam, “Weapons Systems and Technologies—East and West,” in L. Williams, ed., Military Aspects of the Israeli-Arab Conflict (Tel Aviv: University Publishing Projects, 1975), pp. 22-27.
11 In 1967 it was six divisions and 200 combat aircraft against thirteen and 400 respectively; in 1973, seven against sixteen (counting Moroccan Iraqi and Jordanian forces that took part in the fighting) and 400 against 700 (counting Egyptian and Syrian ones only). More detailed figures in A. Adan, “Echut Ve-kamut Be-milchemet Yom Hakippurim” [Quality Versus Quantity in the Yom Kippur War], in A. Kover and A. Ofer, eds., Echut mul Kamut [Quality Versus Quantity] (Tel Aviv: Maarachot , 1985), p. 257, tables 1 and 2.
12 Y. Ben Porat et al., Ha-mechdal [The Oversight] (Tel Aviv: Private Edition, 1974), p. 283.
PART III
1 E.g., Y. Rabin, “Ha-hartaah Be-mivchan Milchamot Yisrael” [Deterrence in the Crucible of Israel’s Wars], Safra Ve-saifa 4 (November 1981): 28-29.
CHAPTER 15
1 E. Weizman, Ha-krav al Ha-shalom [The Battle for Peace] (Jerusalem: Idanim, 1981), p. 190.
2 Y. Ben Meir, Civil-Military Relations in Israel (New York: Columbia University Press, 1996), p. 96.
3 R. Eytan, Sippur shel Chayal [A Soldier’s Story] (Tel Aviv: Maariv, 1991), p. 197.
4 Eg., Ts. Lanir, Ha-haftaa Ha-besisit: Modiin Be-mashber [Basic Surprise: Intelligence in Crisis] (Tel Aviv: Jaffee Center, 1983); Ts. Ofer and A. Kover, eds., Modiin U-bitachon Leumi [Intelligence and National Security] (Tel Aviv: Maarachot, 1987); Y. Ben Yisrael, Dialogim al Mada U-modiin [Dialogues About Science and Intelligence] (Tel Aviv: Maarachot, 1989).
5 Y. Kondor, Kalkalat Yisrael [The Israeli Economy] (Jerusalem: Schocken, 1984), p. 204, table 25.
6 M. Bentov, Kalkalat Yisrael al Parashat Drachim [The Israeli Economy at a Crossroad] (Tel Aviv: Sifriyat Poalim, 1965), p. 139.
7 Figures from D. Schueftan, Hatasha: Ha-astretegia Ha-medinit shel Mitsrayim Ha-natserit Be-ikvot Milchemet 1967 [Attrition: Egypt’s Post-1967 Political Strategy] (Tel Aviv: Maarachot, 1989), pp. 100-101, and G. Yakobi, Otsmatah shel Echut [The Power of Quality] (Haifa: Shikmona, 1972), p. 120; M. N. Barnett, Confronting the Costs of War: Military Power, State, and Society in Egypt and Israel (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992), p. 231, table 6.7.
8 More detailed statistics on U.S. military aid in M. Gazit, “Ha-rechesh Ha-tsvai shel Yisrael Be-arhav” [Israeli Military Procurement in the United States] (Jerusalem: Leonard Davis Institute for International Relations, 1983), pp. 55, 63.
9 International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance, 1972-1973 (London: IISS, 1973), p. 31.
10 International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance, 1977-1978 (London: IISS, 1978), p. 36.
11 International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance, 1981-1982 (London: IISS, 1982), p. 52.
12 D. Kochav, “The Economics of Defense—Israel,” in L. Williams, ed., Military Aspects of the Israeli-Arab Conflict (Tel Aviv: University Publishing Projects, 1975), p. 179.
13 Figures from Kondor, Kalkalat Yisrael , p. 24, table 4.
14 For a unit-by-unit, item-by-item comparison see M. Merdor, RAFAEL: Bi-netivei Ha-mechkar Ve-ha-pituach Le-bitchon Yisrael [Defense-Related Research and Development in Israel: The Story of RAFAEL] (Tel Aviv: Ministry of Defense, 1981), p. 21.
15 The 1973 and 1977 figures from IISS, The Military Balance, 1973-1974, and The Military Balance, 1977-1978 (London: IISS), pp. 33 and 37 respectively. The 1982 figures from M. Heller, The Military Balance in the Middle East (Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University, 1983), p. 115. For yet another set of figures see E. N. Luttwak, “Defense Planning in Israel: A Brief Retroperspective,” in S. G. Neuman, ed., Defense-Planning in Less-Industrialized States (Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1984), p. 143.
16 The 1980 figures were: Sweden $13,520, France $11,730, United States $11,360, Israel $4,500. Kondor, Kalkalat Yisrael , p. 52, table 7.
17 Cf. E. Inbar, “Israeli Strategic Thinking After 1973,” Journal of Strategic Studies 6:1 (March 1983): 37-57.
18 Z. Schiff, “Mahapecha Be-hagana Merchavit” [A Revolution in Territorial Defense], Ha-arets , January 14, 1976, p. 2; A. Tamir, Chayal Shocher Shalom [A Soldier in Search of Peace] (Jerusalem: Idanim, 1988), pp. 309-310.
19 M. Bar Kochva, Merkevot Ha-plada [Steel Chariots] (Tel Aviv: Maarachot, 1989), p. 52.
20 Cf. Dudi Shalom, Ech Ossim Chidush Irguni: Hakamat Mifkedet Chelot Ha-sadeh (MAFCHASH) Be-TSAHAL [The Making of Organizational Innovation: Setting up MAFCHASH] (Tel Aviv: The Institute for Management, 1995), chap. 4.
23 Figure of 2,000 M-113s from Luttwak, “Defense Planning,” p. 142.
24 Figure from M. Levin and D. Halevy, “Israel,” in R. A. Gabriel, Fighting Armies: Antagonists in the Middle East, a Combat Assessment (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1983), p. 19.
25 Y. Rabin, Pinkas Sherut [A Service Record] (Tel Aviv: Maariv), vol. 2, p. 539.
26 The operations are listed in U. Milstein, Ha-tslicha she-lo Hayta [The Crossing That Wasn’t] (Tel Aviv: Golan, 1992), p. 299 ff.
29 Y. Ben Porat et al., Mivtsa Entebbe [Operation Entebbe] (Tel Aviv: Zmora Bitan, 1991), p. 346.
30 For this and other figures cf. E. Wald, The Wald Report: The Decline of Israeli National Security Since 1967 (Boulder: Westview Press, 1992), pp. 143-146, 151.
34 Cf. his own account in Sippur shel Chayal , p. 167 ff.
35 G. Weissman, “Klitat Noar Shulayim Be-TSAHAL” [The Absorption of Marginal Youth in TSAHAL], Maarachot 260 (January 1978): 47.
36 On these problems cf. M. Pail, “The Israeli Defense Forces: A Social Aspect,” New Outlook (January 1975): 40-44; also Ch. Laskov, Manhiggut Tsvait [Military Leadership] (Tel Aviv: Maarachot, 1985), pp. 45-49.
37 R. Gal, A Portrait of the Israeli Soldier (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1986), pp. 254-255; Bar Kochva, Merkevot Ha-plada , p. 580; E. Wald, Ha-yanshuf shel Minerva [The Owl of Minverva] (Tel Aviv: Yediot Acharonot, 1994), p. 63.
38 Cf. Y. Chasdai, Emet Be-tsel Ha-milchama [Truth in the Shadow of War] (Tel Aviv: Zmora Bitan, 1979), pp. 13-27.
39 Cf. Z. Schiff, “Hitchaprut Pshuta” [Taking Cover], Ha-arets , September 19, 1980, p. 2.
40 M. Naor and Z. Enar, eds., Yemei Yuni: Teurim min Ha-milchama, 1967 [June Days: Episodes from the 1967 War] (Tel Aviv: Maarachot, 1967), p. 49.
41 Israel Women’s Lobby, “Nahsim Ve-sherut Be-TSAHAL: Metsiut, Ratson Ve-chazon” [Women in the IDF: Reality, Will, and Vision] (Tel Aviv University: mimeographed, 1995), p. 13.
42 A. R. Bloom, “Women in the Defense Forces,” in B. Swirski and M. P. Safir, eds., Calling the Equality Bluff: Women in Israel (New York: Pergamon Press, 1991), p. 135.
43 R. F. Priest et al., “Education at West Point,” Armed Forces and Society 4:4 (August 1978): 592-593, ref. 13.
44 Interview with Brig. Gen. Yisraela Oron, CO, CHEN, Yediot Acharonot weekend magazine, August 15, 1997, p. 68.
45 M. Mead, Male and Female (New York: William Morrow, 1949), pp. 159-160.
46 Cf. A. Perlmutter et al., Two Minutes over Baghdad (London: Valentine, 1982); also S. Nakdimon, First Strike (New York: Summit Books, 1987).
47 For a discussion of the sayarot and their impact on the IDF see S. A. Cohen, Towards a New Portrait of a (New) Israeli Soldier (Ramat Gan: BESA Center, 1997), p. 85.
53 Cf. U. Benziman, Sharon: Lo Otser Be-adom [Sharon: Does Not Stop at the Red Light] (Tel Aviv: Adam, 1985), p. 235 ff.
54 D. Horowitz, “Ha-kavua Ve-ha-mishtane Bi-tfisat Ha-bitachon Ha-yisraelit” [Permanence and Change in Israeli Defense] (Jerusalem: Leonard Davis Institute, 1982), p. 10.
55 Data from Y. Arnon, Meshek Be-sichrur [An Economy in Turmoil] (Tel Aviv: Ha-kibbuts Ha-meuchad, 1981), p. 43.
56 Data from A. Halperin, “Hitpatchut Melaei Ha-hon Ha-tsvaiyim shel Yisrael U-medinot Ha-imut” [The Development of Military Capital in Israel and the Confrontation States] (Jerusalem: Falk Institute for Economic Research, 1986), p. 23, table 15.
57 S. Peres, Battling for Peace (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995), pp. 179-180; Ben Porat, Mivtsa Entebbe , pp. 235-237.
CHAPTER 16
1 For a short English-language account see S. Reiser, The Israeli Arms Industry (New York: Holmes and Meier, 1989), chap. 1.
2 Y. Evron, Ha-Taasiya Ha-bitchonit Be-yisrael [The Israeli Defense Industry] (Tel Aviv: Ministry of Defense, 1980), p. 9.