Shavit 2 missile
Shazly, Gen. S.eludes Sharonin 1973 War
Shealtiel, D.
Sherman tank, used by IDF upgraded converted to self propelled artillery phased out
Sherut Aviri (PALMACH’s air arm)
Sherut Zehirut (“Prudence Service”)
Shishakli, A.
Schlesinger, J.
Shlaim, A.
Shochet, M.
Shochet, Y.
Shoham, Col. B.
Shomron, Gen. D.
Shuchamarov, E.
Simchoni, Gen. A.
Slavin, Ch.
Smuts, I.
Sneh, M., appointed Hagana commandercoordinates revolt against British
Special Night Squads (SNS)
Spitfire fighter
SS-10 and 11 anti-tank missiles
Stalin, J. V.
Stern, A.founds LECHI
Struma affair
Suez Canal, evacuated by British nationalized
Sultan Yakub, Battle of
Super Frelon helicopter
Super Mystere fighter
Supreme Arab Committee
T-54 and 55 tanks, used by IDF upgraded
Tabenkin, Y.
Tal, Gen. Y.CO armored corps and Battle of the Watercommands at Rafa, 1967serenaded plans reorganization develops Merkava tank
Tamir, Gen. A.
Tel Chai, fall of
Territorial defenserevived
Territorials, British
Thucydides
TOW missile
Trumpeldor, Y.
Tsippori, M.
Tsur, Gen. Ts.appointed COS
Tumarkin, Y.
Tyran, Straits of, see Sharm al Sheikh
Ulema (Muslim priesthood)
Umm Katef, First Battle of
Unit 101
Unit 202
United Nations Peacekeeping Force, established in Sinai
Uzi submachine gun
Valley of Tears, Battle of
Vanunu, M.and Israeli nuclear program
Vautour light bomber, acquired by IDFas nuclear delivery vehicle
Vulcan-Phalanx gun
Wald, E.
Waldman, N.
War memorials
Warsaw Pact
Wavell, Gen. A.
Wehrmacht
Weinberger, C.
Weizman, Ch.
Weizman, Gen. E.and female soldiers commands Air Force and 1967 War evaluates War of Attrition appointed defense minister resignsand Lavi aircraft and involvement in Lebanon
West Bankreconnoitered by IDFinfiltration from occupied by Israel fate considered hit by Iraqi missiles start of Palestinian Uprising in
White Paper
Wilkinson, S.
Wingate, Captain O.
Women, in Ha-shomerin the land of Israelin 1948 Warin Haganain IDFas officers as instructorsrole expanded after 1973 during nineties impact on IDF
Yadin, Gen. Y.chief of staff
Yariv, Gen. A.on Arab national character
Yaron, Gen. A.and Sabra and Shatilla massacre
Yoffe, Gen. A. perfomance in 1967 evaluated
Young Turks
Youth Battalions (Gdudei Noar)
Zaharoff, Sir B.
Zaim, H.
Zeevi, Gen. R.
Zeira, Gen. E.responsibility for 1973 surprise
Zeitlin, H.
Zionists, earlyland-purchasing activitiesarms purchasing activities
Zorea, Gen. M.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Martin van Creveld was born in the Netherlands in 1946, has lived in Israel since 1950, and received his Ph.D. from the University of London. Since 1971 he has been a faculty member at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, where he is an internationally acknowledged expert on military history and strategy. His best-known publications are Supplying War (1977), Fighting Power (1982), Command in War (1985), Technology and War (1988), and The Transformation of War (1991); they have been translated into eight languages including Japanese, Chinese, and Arabic. He has taught or lectured at virtually every center, civilian and military, of strategic learning in the Western world, and has consulted for the defense establishments of many governments.
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