Research Catalog

Title

Eilam's arc : how Israel became a military technology powerhouse / Uzi Eilam.

Author

Eilam, Uzi

Publication

Brighton ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2011.

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Details

Description

ix, 322 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Uniform Title

Ḳeshet ʻElam. English

Alternative Title

Ḳeshet ʻElam.

Subject

• Eilam, Uzi
• Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel
• Generals > Israel > Biography
• National security > Research > Israel
• Military research > Israel
• Space surveillance > Research > Israel
• Technology and state > Israel
• Israel > Research

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Childhood -- From Gadna to academia -- At the forefront with the paratroops -- A civilian break -- The 71st battalion and the Six Day War -- Weapons development : the technological edge -- The Jordan Valley -- From the weapons development department to the R&D unit -- The research and development unit during the Yom Kippur War -- War lessons and the treasure hunt -- The Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) -- The administration for the development of weapons and technological infrastructure, MAFAT -- On sabbatical at the French Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS) -- The Defense Ministry delegation to Europe & Paris -- The Israel security prize -- How can a small country pursue large technology?.

ISBN

• 9781845194628 (p/b : alk. paper)
• 1845194624 (p/b : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011020906

OCLC

• 676727173
• SCSB-12398661

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library