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02962aam a2200373 i 4500 001 F5A5AB4A3F1711E98434DF6697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190305011820 008 180622s2019 nyuab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018012932 020 $a 0190906960 020 $a 9780190906962 035 $a (OCoLC)1027189178 040 $a DGU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d TOH $d BKL $d NYP $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-ur--- $a e-ur--- 050 00 $a UA854 P654 2019 100 1 $a Pollack, Kenneth M. $q (Kenneth Michael), $d 1966- $e author. 245 10 $a Armies of sand : $b the past, present, and future of Arab military effectiveness / $c Kenneth M. Pollack. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xvi, 676 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a 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. 651 0 $a Arab countries $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Military art and science $z Arab countries $x History. 650 0 $a Military art and science $z Soviet Union $x History. 651 0 $a Arab countries $x Military policy. 650 0 $a Economic development $z Arab countries. 941 $a 2 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718093215.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210304013609.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F5A5AB4A3F1711E98434DF6697128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search