Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948-1991Kenneth 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 theømilitary history of the six key Arab states?Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Saudi Arabia, and Syria?during the post?World War II era. 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. This first-ever overview of the modern Arab approach to warfare provides a better understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the Arab militaries, some of which are the United States? most likely adversaries, and some of which are our most important allies. |
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictIn the March/April 2002 issue of Foreign Affairs, Pollack, who is deputy director of National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, bluntly addressed what should be done once the al ... Read full review
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| Title | Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948-1991 A Council on Foreign Relations book Studies in war, society, and the military |
| Author | Kenneth Michael Pollack |
| Publisher | U of Nebraska Press, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0803206860, 9780803206861 |
| Length | 698 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Middle East / General Technology & Engineering / Military Science |
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