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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Pollack, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Michael), 1966- author.     Subjects     Military art and science -- Arab countries -- History.     Military art and science -- Soviet Union -- History.     Economic development -- Arab countries.     Arab countries -- Armed Forces -- History.     Arab countries -- Military policy.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Pollack, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Michael), 1966- author.       by title:      Armies of sand : the...         MARC Display

Armies of sand : the past, present, and future of Arab military effectiveness / Kenneth M. Pollack. by Pollack, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Michael), 1966- author. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019] Subjects Military art and science -- Arab countries -- History.   Military art and science -- Soviet Union -- History.   Economic development -- Arab countries.   Arab countries -- Armed Forces -- History.   Arab countries -- Military policy. ISBN:  9780190906962 hardcover 0190906960 hardcover Description:  xvi, 676 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm 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 -- 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. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hana P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 355.00917 Po Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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