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Armies of sand : the past, present, and future of Arab military effectiveness / Kenneth M. Pollack.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pollack, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Michael), 1966- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development.
- Military art and science.
- History.
- Armed Forces.
- Arab countries--Armed Forces--History.
- Arab countries.
- Military art and science--Arab countries--History.
- Military art and science--Soviet Union--History.
- Arab countries--Military policy.
- Military policy.
- Economic development--Arab countries.
- Soviet Union.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 676 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Armies of Sand asks, 'why have Arab militaries fought so poorly in the modern era?' It examines the performance of over two-dozen Arab militaries from 1948 to 2017, and compares them to a half-dozen non-Arab militaries, to conclude that politics, economics, and culture all contributed to the past weakness of Arab armies.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the Six-Day War and the mystery of Arab military ineffectiveness
- Pattens of Arab military performance
- Soviet doctrine
- The Soviet way of war
- Arab militaries and Soviet doctrine
- North Korea, Cuba, and Soviet doctrine
- Politicization
- Arab militaries and politicization : Egypt
- Arab militaries and politicization : Iraq
- Politicization and the South Vietnamese armed forces
- Politicization and the Argentine armed forces
- Underdevelopment
- Economic development and military effectiveness
- Economic development and Syrian military effectiveness
- Economic development and the Libya-Chad wars
- Economic development and Chinese military effectiveness
- Economic development and Arab military effectiveness
- Culture
- War and culture
- Arab culture as an explanation for military ineffectiveness
- Arab culture : patterns and predilections
- Arab culture and Arab military effectiveness
- Arab culture and civilian organizations
- Culture and education : the causal link
- Arab military training methods
- Exceptional Arab militaries : state armed forces
- Exceptional Arab militaries : non-state armies
- Conclusions : the past, present, and future of Arab military effectiveness.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780190906962
- 0190906960
- OCLC:
- 1027189178
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