A history of the Israeli Army is the dramatic, inspiring saga of Jewish men and women who have struggled for over a hundred years to establish and preserve the ancient promise of a Jewish national homeland. It tells the epic story of Israel's fighting forces from the first vigilante watchmen over nineteenth-century Palestinian settlements to the unusual and uniquely Jewish modern armies which have fought and won four major wars in defense of their country. A History of the Israeli Army examines: the role of the army in international politics, the "silent warriors" of Israel's intelligence network, the innovative strategic doctrines of Israeli military training, weaponry, tactics and organization, women and the army, key personalities, counter-terror and a view of Israel's military future, recent military and political reevaluation as a result of the Yom Kippur war, plus authoritative maps and hundreds of photographs, many of the exclusive.