ARMY EYES IRREGULAR WARFARE LESSONS FROM ISRAELI GAZA OPERATION

摘要

Israel's military offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza earlier this year holds important lessons for the U.S. Army, according to a Pentagon adviser who argues that a key take-away from the three-week operation is that high-end conventional ground combat capabilities are required to prevail against sophisticated irregular adversaries.rnDavid Johnson, senior political scientist at the RAND Corp., has since 2007 led research teams to Israel to draw lessons from the Israeli military's experiences in Lebanon and Gaza with the express purpose of contributing to efforts to improve U.S. military performance in irregular warfare.