Ebook: Back to Basics: A Study of the Second Lebanon War and Operation CAST LEAD

This work is a recent study of the operations of The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) in the just-concluding Operation CAST LEAD against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. It studies, first, what did the IDF do to prepare for that operation in light of its harsh experience in what has become known as The Second Lebanon War that was fought against Hezbollah in the summer of 2006, and second, what possible lessons can be applied to the US Army.