"Council on Foreign Relations books."

With the savvy of foreign policy insiders, Senor and Singer examine the lessons of the Israel's adversity-driven culture, which flattens hierarchy and elevates informality--all backed up by government policies focused on innovation

Introduction -- Persistance -- Battlefield entrepreneurs -- The people of the book -- Harvard, Princeton, and Yale -- Where order meets chaos -- An industrial policy that worked -- Immigration : the Google guys' challenge -- The diaspora : stealing airplanes -- The Buffett test -- Yozma : the match -- Betrayal and opportunity -- From nose cones to geysers -- The sheikh's dilemma -- Threats to the economic miracle -- Conclusion: Farmers of high tech

"What the world can learn from Israel's meteoric economic success."--Provided by the publisher