Yagil Henkin is an Associate Fellow at Shalem's Department of Government, Law and Diplomacy. He is currently pursuing a doctorate at Bar-Ilan University, and specializes in military history. Henkin has a long-time affiliation with the Israel Defense Forces, and analyzes and develops combat doctrines for the Ground Forces and History Department of the IDF. His research on American military policy and Israeli combat doctrine has been published in The New York Times, The New Republic, The Atlantic Monthly, and Azure.

Bibliography

Books

 
Un-Guerilla Warfare: the History of the First Chechen War, 1994-1996 (Tel-Aviv:Ministry of Defense, 2006) [Hebrew]

Select Publications

"I'm Ready to Fight, Army Against Army: the Russian-Chechen War of 1996, Strategies and Misconceptions," in Post-Soviet Disorder: Ethno-Nationalism, Islam and the State in the Caucasus, ed. Moshe Gammer (Summer 2006)

"From Tactical Terrorism to Holy War: the Evolution of Chechen Terrorism," Central Asian Survey 25 no. 1 (2006)

"How Great Nations Can Win Small Wars," Azure 24, Spring 2006

"Urban Warfare and the Battle of Jenin," Azure 15, 2003

"Sniper War in Chechnya," Maarachot, Summer 2002 [Hebrew]

"Grozny, Chechnya: the Urban Battle" (Tel-Aviv: Army Training and Doctrine Department, 2000) [Hebrew]