Case Studies in Insurgency and Revolutionary Warfare - Palestine Series

<p>Although most often thought of as a movement this study will examine Zionism as an insurgency-a form of irregular revolutionary warfare.</p><p>This case study presents a detailed account of revolutionary and insurgent activities in Palestine from 1890 through 2010. </p><p>This first volume examines the conflict with a focus on the Zionist movement and insurgency through the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 and the Zionists' transition to governance through 1950. Our intent is to provide a foundation for special operations personnel to understand the circumstances environment and catalysts for revolution; the organization of resistance or insurgent organizations and their development modes of operation external support and successes and failures; the counterinsurgents' organization modes of operation and external support as well as their effects on the resistance; and the outcomes and long-term ramifications of the revolutionary/insurgent activities. </p><p>This foundation will allow readers to distill vast amounts of material from a wide array of campaigns and extract relevant lessons thereby enabling the development of future doctrine professional education and training.</p>