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100 1 $aPollack, Kenneth M.$q(Kenneth Michael),$d1966-$eauthor.
245 10 $aArmies of sand :$bthe past, present, and future of Arab military effectiveness /$cKenneth M. Pollack.
264 1 $aNew York, NY, United States of America :$bOxford University Press,$c[2019]
264 4 $c©2019
300 $a1 online resource (xvi, 676 pages) :$billustrations, maps
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $acomputer$bc$2rdamedia
338 $aonline resource$bcr$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aIntroduction : 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.
520 $aArmies 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.
588 0 $aOnline resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed July 6, 2020).
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650 0 $aMilitary art and science$zSoviet Union$xHistory.
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650 6 $aArt et science militaires$zÉtats arabes$xHistoire.
650 6 $aArt et science militaires$zURSS$xHistoire.
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650 6 $aDéveloppement économique$zÉtats arabes.
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650 7 $aHISTORY$xMilitary$xOther.$2bisacsh
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650 7 $aMilitary policy.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01021386
651 7 $aArab countries.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01240128
651 7 $aSoviet Union.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01210281
655 4 $aElectronic books.
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776 08 $iPrint version:$aPollack, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Michael), 1966-$tArmies of sand.$dNew York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2019$z9780190906962$w(DLC) 2018012932$w(OCoLC)1027189178
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