Arabs at war : military effectiveness, 1948-1991

Author(s)

• Pollack, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Michael)

Bibliographic Information

Arabs at war : military effectiveness, 1948-1991

Kenneth M. Pollack

（Studies in war, society, and the military / editors, Mark Grimsley, Peter Maslowski ; editorial board, D'Ann Campbell ... [et al.]）

University of Nebraska Press, c2002

Note

"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

Includes bibliographical references (p. [655]-675) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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. 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.

Table of Contents

• List of Tables
• List of Maps
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Understanding Modern Arab Military Effectiveness
• 1. Egypt
• 2. Iraq
• 3. Jordan
• 4. Libya
• 5. Saudi Arabia
• 6. Syria
• Conclusions and Lessons
• Notes
• Selected Bibliography
• Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA63096041
• ISBN:
  • 0803237332
• LCCN: 2002022305
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Lincoln, NE
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 698 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : UA854
  • DC21 : 355/.0330174927/09045
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Arab countries -- History, Military -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Arab countries -- Armed Forces
  • LCSH : Arab countries -- Military policy
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA35420447