Mission impossible?
The author compares Israeli and Hezbollah land warfare with the principles stipulated for this in Dutch Army doctrine. It reveals the difficulty any western regular army would have when faced with an adversary partially employing irregular war fighting methods. This asymmetry includes some more structural …
2009AlgemeenBoekdeelOpen Access
Lebanon
Offering the societal perspective, the author deals with state building and the role of religion in Lebanon, prior to, during and after the 2006 war. The internal Lebanese problem is also an element in the international tensions between Sunnis and Shiites, between the Arab/Islamic world and Israel, between …
2009AlgemeenBoekdeelOpen Access
Politieke besluitvorming van de missie in Uruzgan
Na eerdere Nederlandse bijdragen in Afghanistan stemde op 2 februari 2006 een grote Kamermeerderheid in met het Kabinetsbesluit een missie naar Uruzgan te ontplooien. Op 3 februari 2006 werd dit bekrachtigd in de ministerraad. Daarmee kwam een einde aan het politieke besluitvormingsproces dat meer …
2009AlgemeenRapportOpen Access
The Israeli actions during the Second Lebanon War
Marcel de Goedes perspective on the 2006 war is that of IDFs strategic culture, meaning the ideas, attitudes, traditions, habits of mind and preferred methods of operation that have been developed during its unique historical experience. He lists explanations for IDFs disappointing performance, describes …
2009AlgemeenBoekdeelOpen Access
Operation Change of Direction
The authors take a legal perspective at the 2006 Hezbollah-Israeli conflict, but also illustrate the difficulty states armed forces have when facing non-state adversaries. International law (ius ad bellum) and the laws of war (ius in bello) both seem to originate most of all from the history of western, …
2009AlgemeenBoekdeelOpen Access
Optimal routing against ambushes
The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) encountered numerous problems during the invasion of southern Lebanon in 2006. Division 162, for instance, experienced serious difficulties while approaching the village of Ghandouriyeh.2 Even though multiple axes of approach were available the IDF took the route along …
2009AlgemeenBoekdeelOpen Access