Armies of Sand
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-090696-2 (ISBN)
Armies of Sand, powerful and riveting history of Arab armies from the end of World War Two to the present, assesses these differing explanations and isolates the most important causes. Over the course of the book, he examines the combat performance of fifteen Arab armies and air forces in virtually every Middle Eastern war, from the Jordanians and Syrians in 1948 to Hizballah in 2006 and the Iraqis and ISIS in 2014-2017. He then compares these experiences to the performance of the Argentine, Chadian, Chinese, Cuban, North Korean, and South Vietnamese armed forces in their own combat operations during the twentieth century. The book ultimately concludes that reliance on Soviet doctrine was more of a help than a hindrance to the Arabs. In contrast, politicization and underdevelopment were both important factors limiting Arab military effectiveness, but patterns of behavior derived from the dominant Arab culture was the most important factor of all. Pollack closes with a discussion of the rapid changes occurring across the Arab world-political, economic, and cultural-as well as the rapid evolution in war making as a result of the information revolution. He suggests that because both Arab society and warfare are changing, the problems that have bedeviled Arab armed forces in the past could dissipate or even vanish in the future, with potentially dramatic consequences for the Middle East military balance. Sweeping in its historical coverage and highly accessible, this will be the go-to reference for anyone interested in the history of warfare in the Middle East since 1945.
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.
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Six-Day War and the Mystery of Arab Military Ineffectiveness
1. Pattens 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. Aab Culture: Patterns and Predilections
18. Arab Culture and Arab Military Effectiveness
19. Arab Culture and Civilian Organizations
20. Culture and Education: The Causal Link
21. Arab Military Training Methods
22. Exceptional Arab Militaries: State Armed Forces
23. Exceptional Arab Militaries: Nonstate Armies
Conclusions: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.01.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 27 maps |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 241 x 163 mm |
| Gewicht | 1089 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-090696-0 / 0190906960 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-090696-2 / 9780190906962 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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