This book brings together a collection of essays that covers the main national security issues Israel has faced since 1973.

Efraim Inbar is a Professor in Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University and the Director of its Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies, Israel. His area of specialization is Middle Eastern strategic issues with a special interest in the politics and strategy of Israeli national security. He has written over 50 articles in professional journals. He has authored four books: Outcast Countries in the World Community (1985), War and Peace in Israeli Politics. Labor Party Positions on National Security (1991), Rabin and Israel's National Security (1999), and The Israeli-Turkish Entente (2001), and has edited seven collections of articles.

Part 1: The Aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War 1. Israeli Strategic Thinking after 1973 2. The American Arms Transfer to Israel Part 2: Limited Wars 3. Israel's Small War: The Military Response to the Intifada 4. The 'No Choice War' Debate in Israel Part 3: The Post-Cold War Period 5. Israel and the Gulf War 6. Contours of Israel's New Strategic Thinking 7. Israel's Strategic Environment in the 1990's Part 4: The Peace Process 8. Israeli Negotiations with Syria 9. Islamic Extremism and the Peace Process 10. Arab-Israeli Coexistence: Causes, Achievements and Limitations Part 5: The New Strategic Partners 11. Israel's New Strategic Partner - Turkey 12. The Indian-Israeli Entente Part 6: The Twenty-First Century Challenges 13. Israel's Palestinian Challenge 14. The Need to Block a Nuclear Iran 15. Israel's Strategic Mistakes in the 2006 Lebanon War