• Cover; Halftitle; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface;
• Chapter 1: The Evolution of Israel's National Security Doctrine; David Ben Gurion's Security Review; The Sinai Campaign; The Six-Day War; The War of Attrition ; The October War of 1973; The Israeli-Egyptian Peace; The 1980s Ground Maneuver Crisis; The 1982 War in Lebanon; The Debate on the Original Operational Concept; Lebanon's Long-Term Impact;
• Chapter 2: New Challenges for Israel's National Security; The Evolution of the Operational Concept of the "Other Side"; The 1980s; The 1990s; The Rise of the Organizations.

• A New Operational ConceptThe First Palestinian Intifada; Military Operations of the 1990s; The First Gulf War; Public Discussion on Firepower; Accountability and Grapes of Wrath; The IDF and Israeli Society; The "Lebanese Mud"; Technological Developments; Air Force Activity in Lebanon; A Decade of Diplomacy and New Patterns of Confrontation; The US Perspective;
• Chapter 3: Facing Reality: Lebanon and Gaza; The Withdrawal from Lebanon; Coping with the Second Intifada (Operation Ebb and Flow); A New Operational Concept; Massive Changes in the Twenty-First Century; The Second Lebanon War.

• Was it a War?What Did Israel Try to Accomplish?; What Tasks Were Assigned to the IDF?; How Was Military Force Employed?; First Phase; Second Phase; Third Phase; A Ten-Year Retrospective; The Gaza Challenge; Three Military Campaigns (2008-2014); Operation Cast Lead; The Mavi Marmara Affair; Operation Pillar of Fire; Operation Protective Edge;
• Chapter 4: The Arab Spring and the Arab Turmoil: A New Middle Eastern Reality; Israel's Immediate Response; The IDF's Response to the New Regional Order; Three Levels of Israeli Strategy and Security Policy; Source Notes; Bibliography; About the Authors.

• The background
• Madrid and Oslo : years of hope
• Years of stagnation
• Ehud Barak and the collapse of the peace process
• Sharon, Bush, and Arafat
• Ehud Olmert and the new new Middle East
• American-Israeli Autumn, Arab Spring
• The web of relationships
• Peace and normalization.

In The Lingering Conflict Itamar Rabinovich, a former chief negotiator for Israel, provides unique and authoritative insight into the prospects for genuine peace in the Middle East. His presentation includes a detailed insider account of the peace processes of 1992-96 and a frank dissection of the more dispiriting record since then. Rabinovich's firsthand experiences as a negotiator and as Israel's ambassador to the United States provide a valuable perspective from which to view the major players involved. Fresh analysis of ongoing situations in the region and the author's authoritative take on key figures such as Ehud Barak and Benjamin Netanyahu shed new light on the long and tumultuous history of Arab-Israeli relations. His book is a shrewd assessment of the past and current state of affairs in the Middle East, as well as a sober look at the prospects for a peaceful future. While Rabinovich explains the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians -a classic dispute between two national movements claiming the same land - The Lingering Conflict also considers the broader political, cultural, and increasingly religious conflict between the Jewish state and Arab nationalism. He approaches the troubled region in an international context, offering provocative analysis of America's evolving role and evaluation of its diplomatic performance. This book builds on the author's previous seminal work on geopolitics in the Middle East, particularly Waging Peace. As Rabinovich brings the Arab-Israeli conflict up to date, he widens the scope of his earlier insights into efforts to achieve normal, peaceful relations. And, of course, he takes full account of recent social and political tumult in the Middle East, discussing the Arab Spring uprisings -and the subsequent retaliation by dictators such as Syria's al-Asad and Libya's Qaddafi -in the context of Arab-Israeli relations.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• The background
• Madrid and Oslo : years of hope
• Years of stagnation
• Ehud Barak and the collapse of the peace process
• Sharon, Bush, and Arafat
• Ehud Olmert and the new new Middle East
• American-Israeli Autumn, Arab Spring
• The web of relationships
• Peace and normalization.

In The Lingering Conflict Itamar Rabinovich, a former chief negotiator for Israel, provides unique and authoritative insight into the prospects for genuine peace in the Middle East. His presentation includes a detailed insider account of the peace processes of 1992-96 and a frank dissection of the more dispiriting record since then. Rabinovich's first-hand experiences as a negotiator and as Israel's ambassador to the United States provide a valuable perspective from which to view the major players involved. Fresh analysis of ongoing situations in the region and the author's authoritative take on key figures such as Ehud Barak and Benjamin Netanyahu shed new light on the long and tumultuous history of Arab-Israeli relations. His book is a shrewd assessment of the past and current state of affairs in the Middle East, as well as a sober look at the prospects for a peaceful future. While Rabinovich explains the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians -a classic dispute between two national movements claiming the same land - The Lingering Conflict also considers the broader political, cultural, and increasingly religious conflict between the Jewish state and Arab nationalism. He approaches the troubled region in an international context, offering provocative analysis of America's evolving role and evaluation of its diplomatic performance. This book builds on the author's previous seminal work on geopolitics in the Middle East, particularly Waging Peace . As Rabinovich brings the Arab-Israeli conflict up to date, he widens the scope of his earlier insights into efforts to achieve normal, peaceful relations. And, of course, he takes full account of recent social and political tumult in the Middle East, discussing the Arab Spring uprisings -and the subsequent retaliation by dictators such as Syria's al-Asad and Libya's Qaddafi -in the context of Arab-Israeli relations.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)