The Art of Military Innovation - Lessons from the Israel Defense Forces

Auteur
Edward N. Luttwak is the author of several books, including Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook; Strategy: The Logic of War and Peace; and The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strategy, which have been published in twenty-five languages. His articles have appeared in the London Review of Books, the Times Literary Supplement, Foreign Affairs, and Tablet.Eitan Shamir is Director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies and Associate Professor of Political Science at Bar Ilan University. He formerly served as Head of National Security Doctrine at the Israeli Office of Strategic Affairs. He is the author of Transforming Command: The Pursuit of Mission Command in the U.S., British, and Israeli Armies.

Résumé
Why is Israelâ™s relatively small and low-budget military also the worldâ™s most innovative, technologically and logistically? Edward Luttwak and Eitan Shamir look to the IDFâ™s unique structure: integrating army, air force, and navy in one service, under an officer class constantly refreshed by short tenures, the IDF is built for agility and change.