Stories from the War—Uzi Eilam

[Israeli journalist Elliot Jager conducted this interview with retired Brig. Gen. Uzi Eilam. Eilam served in numerous Israel Defense Forces (IDF) field command roles and was in the vanguard of military research and development (R&D) as director general of Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission and as chief scientist and director of R&D in the Ministry of Defense.] The day the war broke out

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From the Editor May/Jun 2017

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