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Armies of Sand
The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness
Buch von Kenneth M Pollack
Sprache: Englisch

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Armies of Sand seeks to answer the question, 'why have Arab armed forces fared so poorly in battle since the Second World War?' It explores four different explanations that scholars, soldiers, and military experts have suggested: Soviet doctrine, politicization, underdevelopment, and culture. To do so, it looks at the performance of over two-dozen Arab militaries from 1948 to 2017, and compares them to a half-dozen non-Arab militaries, to conclude thatpolitics, economics, and culture all contribute to the past weakness of Arab armies. It concludes by addressing circumstances in which Arab military fortunes may shift as both warfare and their societies change.
Armies of Sand seeks to answer the question, 'why have Arab armed forces fared so poorly in battle since the Second World War?' It explores four different explanations that scholars, soldiers, and military experts have suggested: Soviet doctrine, politicization, underdevelopment, and culture. To do so, it looks at the performance of over two-dozen Arab militaries from 1948 to 2017, and compares them to a half-dozen non-Arab militaries, to conclude thatpolitics, economics, and culture all contribute to the past weakness of Arab armies. It concludes by addressing circumstances in which Arab military fortunes may shift as both warfare and their societies change.
Über den Autor
Kenneth Pollack has been an expert on Middle Eastern military and political affairs for over 30 years. A longtime Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution, where he ran the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, he is currently a Resident Scholar of the American Enterprise Institute. His other books on the political and military of the Middle East include the bestsellers The Threatening Storm and The Persian Puzzle.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Foreword

  • Introduction: The Six-Day War and the Mystery of Arab Military Ineffectiveness

  • 1. Patterns of Arab Military Performance

  • Part I: Soviet Doctrine

  • 2. The Soviet Way of War

  • 3. Arab Militaries and Soviet Doctrine

  • 4. North Korea, Cuba, and Soviet Doctrine

  • Part II: Politicization

  • 5. Politicization

  • 6. Arab Militaries and Politicization: Egypt

  • 7. Arab Militaries and Politicization: Iraq

  • 8. Politicization and the South Vietnamese Armed Forces

  • 9. Politicization and the Argentine Armed Forces

  • Part III: Underdevelopment

  • 10. Economic Development and Military Effectiveness

  • 11. Economic Development and Syrian Military Effectiveness

  • 12. Economic Development and the Libya-Chad Wars

  • 13. Economic Development and Chinese Military Effectiveness

  • 14. Economic Development and Arab Military Effectiveness

  • Part IV: Culture

  • 15. War and Culture

  • 16. Arab Culture as an Explanation for Military Ineffectiveness

  • 17. Arab Culture: Patterns and Predilections

  • 18. Arab Culture and Arab Military Effectiveness

  • 19. Arab Culture and Non-Military Organizations

  • 20. Culture and Education: The Causal Link

  • 21. Arab Military Training Methods

  • 22. Exceptional Arab Militaries: State Armed Forces

  • 23. Exceptional Arab Militaries: Non-State Armies

  • Conclusions: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness

  • Notes

  • Acknowledgements

  • Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780190906962
ISBN-10: 0190906960
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Pollack, Kenneth M
Hersteller: Hurst & Co.
Maße: 243 x 167 x 45 mm
Von/Mit: Kenneth M Pollack
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.01.2019
Gewicht: 1,15 kg
Artikel-ID: 111673025
Über den Autor
Kenneth Pollack has been an expert on Middle Eastern military and political affairs for over 30 years. A longtime Senior Fellow of the Brookings Institution, where he ran the Saban Center for Middle East Policy, he is currently a Resident Scholar of the American Enterprise Institute. His other books on the political and military of the Middle East include the bestsellers The Threatening Storm and The Persian Puzzle.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Foreword

  • Introduction: The Six-Day War and the Mystery of Arab Military Ineffectiveness

  • 1. Patterns of Arab Military Performance

  • Part I: Soviet Doctrine

  • 2. The Soviet Way of War

  • 3. Arab Militaries and Soviet Doctrine

  • 4. North Korea, Cuba, and Soviet Doctrine

  • Part II: Politicization

  • 5. Politicization

  • 6. Arab Militaries and Politicization: Egypt

  • 7. Arab Militaries and Politicization: Iraq

  • 8. Politicization and the South Vietnamese Armed Forces

  • 9. Politicization and the Argentine Armed Forces

  • Part III: Underdevelopment

  • 10. Economic Development and Military Effectiveness

  • 11. Economic Development and Syrian Military Effectiveness

  • 12. Economic Development and the Libya-Chad Wars

  • 13. Economic Development and Chinese Military Effectiveness

  • 14. Economic Development and Arab Military Effectiveness

  • Part IV: Culture

  • 15. War and Culture

  • 16. Arab Culture as an Explanation for Military Ineffectiveness

  • 17. Arab Culture: Patterns and Predilections

  • 18. Arab Culture and Arab Military Effectiveness

  • 19. Arab Culture and Non-Military Organizations

  • 20. Culture and Education: The Causal Link

  • 21. Arab Military Training Methods

  • 22. Exceptional Arab Militaries: State Armed Forces

  • 23. Exceptional Arab Militaries: Non-State Armies

  • Conclusions: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness

  • Notes

  • Acknowledgements

  • Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780190906962
ISBN-10: 0190906960
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Pollack, Kenneth M
Hersteller: Hurst & Co.
Maße: 243 x 167 x 45 mm
Von/Mit: Kenneth M Pollack
Erscheinungsdatum: 15.01.2019
Gewicht: 1,15 kg
Artikel-ID: 111673025
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