Grand Strategy has been elegantly defined by John Louis Gaddis and others as the dynamic relationship between national goals – which can aim high – and the constraint of resources, which are always finite. For the leaders of Israel in its younger years, essentially seeking the stability necessary for resurrecting an ancient but dispersed nation, this has come to be represented by a short, sharp (and for some in the West, almost unpronounceable) triad: Harta’ah, Hatra’ah, Hachra’ah – Deterrence, Early Warning, and a Decisive Outcome. The first meant that Israel’s enemies should think twice before they challenge it on the
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