Langbeschreibung
This book surveys the main conflicts and insurgencies in recent Middle East history, focusing mainly on the period since the 1980s and taking a historical-analytical approach.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. What Do Middle Eastern Armies Do? Barry Rubin 2. Why Arab Armies Lose Wars but Defeat Insurgencies Norvell B. DeAtkine 3. The Iran-Iraq War: Will Without Means Joana Dodds and Benjamin Wilson 4. The Lessons of the Jihadist Insurgency in Saudi Arabia Hassan Mneimneh 5. Egypt's Civil War Barry Rubin 6. Terrorism as a Military Factor: The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process Era, 1993-2000 Boaz Ganor 7. Lebanon 2006: Unfinished War Jonathan Spyer 8. Lebanon's Militia Wars Antoine Badran 9. The Soviet-Afghan War: A Superpower Mired in the Mountains Lester Grau 10. The Morocco-Polisario War for Western Sahara, 1975-1991 Jacob Mundy 11. Islamism and Insurgency in Post-Independence Algeria Yahia Zoubir 12. Iraq and U.S. Military Doctrine William McCallister 13. Innovation and War: The U.S. Military and the Iraq Insurgency James Russell