Eado Hecht
Dr. Eado Hecht is a defense analyst whose expertise lies in military theory and military history, focusing on the relationship between military theories, military doctrine and actual practice. Dr. Hecht teaches at the Bar Ilan University, the University of Haifa and Reichman University and a variety of courses in the Israel Defense Forces and is a senior researcher for the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies.
He is the author of Breaking Through: The Operational-Level Breakthrough in British Military Theory and Doctrine 1850-1945 (published in English, Kindle Edition); and The Operational-Level Breakthrough in German Military Theory and Doctrine 1870-1945 (published in Hebrew); The Tactics of Battlefield Fire Support – Development and Lessons (published in Hebrew) and a variety of monographs analyzing specific campaigns and battles.
He has published numerous articles including, among others, “Defining Hybrid Warfare” in Hybrid Warfare Reference Curriculum – Volume I – Compulsory Lectures (Ludovika University Press, 2024); “The Russo-Ukraine War: Possible Lessons for the IDF”, (BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2189, March 26, 2023); “Drones in the Nagorno-Karabakh War: Analyzing the Data,” (Military Strategy Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 4, winter 2022); “The Idlib Campaign 2019 – 2020,” (Military Strategy Magazine, Volume 7, Issue 2, summer 2020); “The Multi-Service Offensive Maneuver In Israeli Strategy” (Maarachot, Issue 482, January 2019 – Hebrew); “The Islamic State – A Military Analysis” (Maarachot, Issue 465, June 2016 – Hebrew); “Defeat Mechanisms: The Rationale Behind the Strategy”, (Military Strategy Magazine (formerly Infinity Journal), Volume 4, Issue 2, Fall 2014); “Lessons from the Last War – Predicting the Next War”, (The Journal of Military Operations, Volume 1, Issue 2, Fall 2012).
“Medium-Intensity Threats: The Case for Beefed-Up IDF Ground Forces,” co-authored with Professor Eitan Shamir, (BESA Center, Mideast Security and Policy Studies No. 125) and “The Role of Israel’s Ground Forces in Israel’s Wars,” in Advanced Land Warfare, (Oxford University Press, 2023); “Israel’s Strategy for a Protracted Conflict” in The Cambridge History of Military Strategy, Volume 2, (Cambridge University Printing House, 2025).