Ebook: Armies of Sand : The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness
Author: Kenneth Michael Pollack
- Tags: Arab countries -- Armed Forces -- History, Military art and science -- Arab countries -- History, Military art and science -- Soviet Union -- History, Arab countries -- Military policy, Economic development -- Arab countries, Armed Forces, Economic development, Military art and science, Military policy, Arab countries, Soviet Union, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Military / Other, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science
- Year: 2019
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- City: Array, Soviet Union.
- Language: English
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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.