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Armies of Sand - The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness

By: Oxford University Press

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Oxford University Press)


Product Info

Title
Armies of Sand - The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness
Category
Author
Kenneth M. Pollack
Publish Year
2019
Pages
696
Dimensions
6.5x9.5x1.5"
NKG Part #
2148139279
Type
Hardcover

Description

Since the Second World War, Arab armed forces have consistently punched below their weight. They have lost many wars that by all rights they should have won, and in their best performances only ever achieved quite modest accomplishments. Over time, soldiers, scholars, and military experts have offered various explanations for this pattern. Reliance on Soviet military methods, the poor civil military relations of the Arab world, the underdevelopment of the Arab states, and patterns of behavior derived from the wider Arab culture, have all been suggested as the ultimate source of Arab military difficulties.