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Pollack, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Michael), 1966- author.
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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.
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Armies of sand : the...
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Armies of sand : the past, present, and future of Arab military effectiveness / Kenneth M. Pollack.
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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.
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9780190906962 hardcover
0190906960 hardcover
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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.
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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.
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