عنوان

Armies of sand :

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0190906960

(Number (ISBN

9780190906962

Erroneous ISBN

9780190906986

Title Proper

Armies of sand :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the past, present, and future of Arab military effectiveness /

First Statement of Responsibility

Kenneth M. Pollack.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2019]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xvi, 676 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

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 -- 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.

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Text of Note

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.

Economic development-- Arab countries.

Military art and science-- Arab countries-- History.

Military art and science-- Soviet Union-- History.

Armed Forces.

Economic development.

HISTORY / Military / General.

Krieg

Militär

Military art and science.

Military policy.

Arab countries, Armed Forces, History.

Arab countries, Military policy.

Arab countries.

Arabische Staaten

Soviet Union.

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Pollack, Kenneth M., (Kenneth Michael),1966-

Date of Transaction

20200822091054.0

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[Book]

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