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THIS ARTICLE ASSESSES THE STRATEGIES AND TACTICS EMPLOYED BY THE ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE (IDF) IN SOUTH LEBANON AGAINST THE CONTEXT OF ISRAELI MILITARY DOCTRINE. IT CONCENTRATES ON HOW THE FAILURE TO DEVELOP A COHERENT STRATEGY OF COUNTER-INSURGENCY WITHIN THE IDF DESIGNED TO COUNTER THE PARTICULAR CHALLENGE OF HIZB'ALLAH, HAS RESULTED IN ISRAEL ADOPTING DRACONIAN MEASURES AGAINST SHI'A VILLAGES AND TOWNS IN SOUTH LEBANON. CONTRARY TO ISRAEL'S ASSERTIONS, THE FAILURE TO EITHER DEVISE OR IMPLEMENT ANY SEMBLANCE OF A "HEARTS AND MINDS" CAMPAIGN AMONG THE SHI'A HAS MERELY SERVED TO REINFORCE HIZB'ALLAH'S CLAIM TO BE THE TRUE PROTECTORS OF THE SELF-SAME POPULATION.

The author examines the interactions between the process of grant aid to property developers for urban regeneration projects and the operation of land markets. He begins with a brief overview of this financial support, in which the basic principles of this assistance are set out. The author's principal purpose is to assess the fundamental input assumptions behind the public support of these projects. As a prerequisite he outlines the nature of the property-development decisionmaking process. In the subsequent analysis of the funding-appraisal process of urban regeneration projects he considers a number of issues about the level of the developer's profit, land values, and the value of completed projects. In conclusion the author makes an overall assessment of the approach to grant aid for urban regeneration.