Cod Wars Iceland, as the Soviet Union, seeking influence in Iceland, stepped in to purchase Icelandic fish. The United States, fearing greater Soviet influence in Iceland, also did so and persuaded Spain and Italy to do likewise. Soviet and American involvement resulted in weakening the punitive effects of the British landing ban. Some scholars refer to the dispute of 1952 to 1956 as one of the Cod Wars, as the object of the dispute and its costs and risks were all similar to those in the other three Cod Wars. Just as the other Cod Wars, the dispute ended with Iceland achieving
The War Between the Wars The War Between the Wars The War Between the Wars (Hebrew: המערכה בין המלחמות or מב"ם lit. the military campaign between wars) refers to the targeted covert inter-war campaign waged by the State of Israel with the purpose of postponing the next confrontation. This is done through the IDF and the Israeli Intelligence Community, by preventing Israel's enemies from developing capabilities that will enable them to violate Israel's balance of deterrence vis-a-vis its enemies and change the regional balance of power, through detecting and selectively destroying emerging threats to Israel's security. Among the activities attributed to Israel: the assassination of