Preface -- 1. From war to deterrence? Israel-Hezbollah Conflict since 2006 / Jean-Loup Samaan -- 2. Hezbollah: background and issues for Congress / Casey L. Addis and Christopher M. Blanchard -- 3. Lebanon: background and U.S. policy / Christopher M. Blanchard -- Index.
Summary
Lebanon's Hezbollah is a Shiite Islamist militia, political party, social welfare organization, and U.S. State Department-designated terrorist organization. Its armed element receives support from Iran and Syria and possesses significant paramilitary and unconventional warfare capabilities. The 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah has generated a vast amount of academic and military studies, including a number from the Strategic Studies Institute. Specifically, authors have tried to identify the new patterns of warfare through this conflict and sometimes have even called it the first illustra.
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