75 YEARS OF THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE Volume 2: The Last Half Century, 1973-2023 Volume 3: Training, Combat Support, Special Operations, Naval Operations and Air Defense, 1948-2023

摘要

Reading the second volume in Bill Norton's granular three-volume history of the vaunted Israeli Air Force gives one pause. Since 1973's Yom Kippur War, the high-tech hardware employed by the air arm of the habitually embattled state of Israel seems able at best only to hold the country's irregular foes at bay in an endless standoff. With chapters titled "Lebanon Quagmire" and "Growing Complexities," the message is that the IAF has struggled to quell the persistent guerrilla fighters who lie in wait on Israel's borders.