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Arabs at war : military effectiveness, 1948-1991

Author: Kenneth M Pollack
Publisher: Lincoln, NE : University of Nebraska Press, ©2002.
Series: Studies in war, society, and the military.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Kenneth M. Pollack, formerly a Persian Gulf military analyst at the CIA and Director for Persian Gulf Affairs at the National Security Council, describes and analyzes the military history of the six key Arab states--Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Syria--during the post-World War II era. This is the first time that the complete postwar histories of virtually all of these countries have been recorded in  Read more...
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Kenneth M Pollack
ISBN: 0803237332 9780803237339
OCLC Number: 49225708
Notes: "A Council on Foreign Relations book."
Based in part on the author's dissertation (doctoral--MIT, 1996) under the title: The influence of Arab culture on Arab military effectiveness, 1948-1991.
Description: xv, 698 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: Understanding Modern Arab Military Effectiveness, i --
1. Egypt, 14 --
2. Iraq, 148 --
3. Jordan, 267 --
4. Libya, 358 --
5. Saudi Arabia, 425 --
6. Syria, 447 --
Conclusions and Lessons, 552 --
Notes, 585 --
Selected Bibliography, 655 --
Index, 677.
Series Title: Studies in war, society, and the military.
Responsibility: Kenneth M. Pollack.
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Abstract:

Kenneth M. Pollack, formerly a Persian Gulf military analyst at the CIA and Director for Persian Gulf Affairs at the National Security Council, describes and analyzes the military history of the six key Arab states--Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Syria--during the post-World War II era. This is the first time that the complete postwar histories of virtually all of these countries have been recorded in unclassified form. In particular Pollack focuses on the Arab armies themselves, helping to illuminate the persistent problems they encountered on the battlefield. He shows in detail how each Arab military grew and learned from its own experiences in response to the specific objectives set for it and within often constrained political, economic, and social circumstances.

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