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Contents Acknowledgments vii Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 Methodology, Analysis, Positioning 17 Chapter 3 Schoolbook Wars—Textbook Units 21 Chapter 4 War on the Frontier: A Hybrid Conflict? 27 Chapter 5 The IDF Reacts: Loose Coupling, In-between Organizations, and Organizational Adaptation 39 Chapter 6 Swift Trust, Speedy Organizing: Cohesion and Modularity in Military Operations 67 Chapter 7 “Tactical Bubbles,” “Civilian Seductions,” and “Three-Block Warfare”: The Military, the City, and Urban Combat 91 vi Rethinking Contemporary Warfare Chapter 8 The Sociology and Psychology of Contemporary Urban Warfare 113 Chapter 9 Technology, Gender, and New Combat Roles: Forces along the Separation Barrier 125 Chapter 10 “Human Rights,” “Precision Warfare,” and Violence: Minimizing Casualties and the Al-Aqsa Intifada 151 Chapter 11 Conclusion: Social Science, Textbook Units, and the Realities of Contemporary Combat 175 References 187 Index 199 ...