| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 676 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction : the Six-Day War and the mystery of Arab military ineffectiveness -- Pattens of Arab military performance -- Soviet doctrine -- The Soviet way of war -- Arab militaries and Soviet doctrine -- North Korea, Cuba, and Soviet doctrine -- Politicization -- Politicization -- Arab militaries and politicization : Egypt -- Arab militaries and politicization : Iraq -- Politicization and the South Vietnamese armed forces -- Politicization and the Argentine armed forces -- Underdevelopment -- Economic development and military effectiveness -- Economic development and Syrian military effectiveness -- Economic development and the Libya-Chad wars -- Economic development and Chinese military effectiveness -- Economic development and Arab military effectiveness -- Culture -- War and culture -- Arab culture as an explanation for military ineffectiveness -- Arab culture : patterns and predilections -- Arab culture and Arab military effectiveness -- Arab culture and civilian organizations -- Culture and education : the causal link -- Arab military training methods -- Exceptional Arab militaries : state armed forces -- Exceptional Arab militaries : non-state armies -- Conclusions : the past, present, and future of Arab military effectiveness |
| Summary |
Armies of Sand asks, 'why have Arab militaries fought so poorly in the modern era?' It examines the performance of over two-dozen Arab militaries from 1948 to 2017, and compares them to a half-dozen non-Arab militaries, to conclude that politics, economics, and culture all contributed to the past weakness of Arab armies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed July 6, 2020) |
| Subject |
Military art and science -- Arab countries -- History
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Military art and science -- Soviet Union -- History
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Economic development -- Arab countries
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HISTORY -- Military -- General.
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Armed Forces
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Economic development
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Military art and science
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Military policy
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Arab countries -- Armed Forces -- History
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Arab countries -- Military policy
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| Subject |
Arab countries
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Soviet Union
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780190906979 |
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0190906979 |
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9780190906986 |
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0190906987 |
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