Armies of Arabia : military politics and effectiveness in the Gulf / Zoltan Barany.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021Description: 1 online resource (368 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197605554 (ebook) :Subject(s): Persian Gulf Region -- Defenses
| Arabian Peninsula -- Armed ForcesAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190866204DDC classification: 355.033053 LOC classification: UA832Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 'Armies of Arabia' comprehensively analyzes the armed forces of the Gulf monarchies. Zoltan Barany explains the conspicuous ineffectiveness of Gulf militaries with a combination of political-structural and sociocultural factors. Following a brief exposition on their historical evolution, he explores the region's six armies of the region comparatively, through the lenses of military politics, sociology, economics, and diplomacy. The book's themes come together in the last chapter that critically evaluates the Saudi and Emirati armed forces' record in the on-going war in Yemen.
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Also issued in print: 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Armies of Arabia' comprehensively analyzes the armed forces of the Gulf monarchies. Zoltan Barany explains the conspicuous ineffectiveness of Gulf militaries with a combination of political-structural and sociocultural factors. Following a brief exposition on their historical evolution, he explores the region's six armies of the region comparatively, through the lenses of military politics, sociology, economics, and diplomacy. The book's themes come together in the last chapter that critically evaluates the Saudi and Emirati armed forces' record in the on-going war in Yemen.
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