Armies of Sand
| Author | : Kenneth Michael Pollack |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 697 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780190906962 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0190906960 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Armies of Sand by : Kenneth Michael Pollack
Download or read book Armies of Sand written by Kenneth Michael Pollack and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
