As Israel reels from the worst terrorist attack in its history, some observers and many Israelis feel shocked, given the vaunted reputation of the Israel Defense Forces. Israel has long been considered a military superpower.
In their new book, The Art of Military Innovation: Lessons from the Israel Defense Forces, Edward Luttwak and Eitan Shamir explain that Israel must be more than tough to survive. It must be smart as well.
The Czech shipments did not include artillery or armored vehicles — items that were essential to resist the invading Arab forces and then go on the offensive. “That,” the authors observe, “is how Israel’s history of military research and development started, prompted by necessity rather than technological ambitions, with novel designs imposed by very severe technological limitations rather than any striving for originality for its own sake.” Israel was shaped by its unusual predicament.
If necessity has spurred Israeli military innovation, so too has culture. The IDF’s culture differs profoundly from its Western counterparts in important ways. The IDF’s officer corps is young. As Luttwak and Shamir observe, “As people become older, they typically become more set in their ways, less courageous, less inclined to try out what is new.
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