Book 2020

Armies of Sand

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Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Language: English
Published: 2020

Armed forces
History
Military art and science
Military policy
Economic development
Forces armées
Histoire
Art et science militaires

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.