The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle Against Terrorism

Ami Pedahzur

February, 2009
Cloth, 232 pages, 12 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-231-14042-3
$27.50 / £19.00

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

1. The Emergence of Israel’s Counterterrorism Doctrine

2. The Path to the Defensive Model and Back

3. Rescuing Hostages

4. The Lebanese Puzzle

5. New Challenges from the West Bank and Gaza

6. The Global Challenge of Iran and Hezbollah

7. New Rivals, Old Responses

8. A War Against an Elusive Enemy

9. The Second Lebanon War and Beyond

10. Fighting the Terrorism Plague

Notes

Glossary

Index

Related Subjects

• International Affairs
• Middle East Studies

Series

• Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregular Warfare

About the Author

Ami Pedahzur holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Haifa where, from 2000 to 2004, he served as a senior fellow at the National Security Studies Center. In 2004 he was a Donald D. Harrington fellow at the University of Texas, and in 2005 became an associate professor in the departments of Government and Middle Eastern Studies. In 2007 Pedahzur joined The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and currently serves as associate editor of the journal Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. His books include Suicide Terrorism and The Israeli Response to Jewish Extremism and Violence: Defending Democracy.

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