Armies And State Building In The Modern Middle East

Author : Stephanie Cronin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786734419

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Armies and State-building in the Modern Middle East by Stephanie Cronin Pdf

The uprisings of 2011, which erupted so unexpectedly and spread across the Middle East, once again propelled the armies of the region to the centre of the political stage. Throughout the region, the experience of the first decade of the twenty-first century provides ample reason to re-examine Middle Eastern armies and the historical context which produced them. By adding an historical understanding to a contemporary political analysis, Stephanie Cronin examines the structures and activities of Middle Eastern armies and their role in state- and empire-building. Focusing on Iran, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia, Armies, Tribes and States in the Middle East presents a clear and concise analysis of the nature of armies and the differing guises military reform has taken throughout the region. Covering the region from the birth of modern armies there in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, to the military revolutions of the 1950s and 60s and on to the twenty-first century army-building exercises seen in Iraq and Afghanistan, Cronin provides a unique and vital presentation of the role of the military in the modern Middle East.

Author : Irene Costantini
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351121330

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Statebuilding in the Middle East and North Africa by Irene Costantini Pdf

This book examines the regime changes in Iraq and Libya to unravel the complexity of statebuilding in countries emerging from authoritarianism and conflict in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Framed in a comparative study of post-2003 Iraq and post-2011 Libya, the book examines changes in key state dimensions – representation and political authority, security, and wealth creation and distribution – in a continuous dialogue with past trajectories in these two countries. To grasp the nature and degree of these changes, the mechanisms of state formation are explored in light of a statebuilding agenda that, in its application from Iraq to Libya, has adapted to different political prerogatives. The analysis of Iraq and Libya serves the book’s ultimate goal to address the debate on statebuilding from a regional (MENA) perspective and to lay the ground for the study of other contemporary cases undergoing radical and violent process of changes, such as in Syria and Yemen. The book grapples with problems associated with the difficult process of transition from authoritarianism through conflict and towards peace by focusing on the state, its structure and function. The work is informed by a large quantity of materials collected over the past five years, including secondary literature, policy papers and reports, and semi-structured interviews with key informants on Iraq and Libya. This book will be of much interest to students of statebuilding, Middle Eastern studies, peace and conflict studies, and International Relations in general.

Author : Roger Owen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134432912

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State, Power and Politics in the Making of the Modern Middle East by Roger Owen Pdf

Roger Owen has fully revised and updated his authoritative text to take into account the latest developments in the Middle East. This book continues to serve as an excellent introduction for newcomers to the modern history and politics of this fascinating region. This third edition continues to explore the emergence of individual Middle Eastern states since the fall of the Ottoman Empire at the end of the First World War and the key themes that have characterized the region since then.

Author : Stephanie Cronin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107190849

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Social Histories of Iran by Stephanie Cronin Pdf

A social history of modern Iran 'from below' focused on subaltern groups and contextualised by developments within Middle Eastern and global history.

Author : James Brian McNabb
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440829642

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A Military History of the Modern Middle East by James Brian McNabb Pdf

This timely study synthesizes past history with the major military events and dynamics of the 20th- and 21st-century Middle East, helping readers understand the region's present-and look into its future. The Middle East has been-and will continue to be-a major influence on policy around the globe. This work reviews the impact of past epochs on the modern Middle East and analyzes key military events that contributed to forming the region and its people. By helping readers recognize historical patterns of conflict, the book will stimulate a greater understanding of the Middle East as it exists today. The work probes cause and effect in major conflicts that include the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the World Wars, the Arab-Israeli wars, and the U.S. wars with Iraq, examining the manner in which military operations have been conducted by both internal and external actors. New regional groups-for example, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-are addressed, and pertinent events in Afghanistan and Pakistan are scrutinized. Since military affairs are traditionally an extension of politics and economics, the three are considered together in historical context as they relate to war and peace. The book closes with a chapter on the Arab Awakening and its impact on the future balance of power.

Author : Michele Penner Angrist
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295801124

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Party Building in the Modern Middle East by Michele Penner Angrist Pdf

Why was Turkey - alone of all the modern states that emerged from the Ottoman Empire - the only Middle Eastern country to evolve lasting competitive political institutions? While democratic processes grew steadily in Turkey during the twentieth century, its neighbors turned to forms of authoritarian rule that reinforced the powers of armies, families, single parties, or monarchs. Michele Angrist argues that democracy and dictatorship in the Middle East can be understood by studying the nature and status of political parties operating at the moment of independence. Looking carefully at Muslim-majority states where parties played a crucial role in state formation between the 1940s and the 1960s, Angrist challenges the idea that Islam, class structures, levels of development, and/or international factors dominated domestic politics in the region. She writes across the regional divides that have isolated Turkish, Arab, and Persian studies from each other. Comparative political scientists, Middle East social scientists, and scholars of Turkey will find here a compelling account of party building and democratization in the modern Middle East.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428910492

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Traditions, Changes, and Challenges: Military Operations and the Middle Eastern City by Anonim Pdf

Author : David S. Sorenson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538169209

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Civil-Military Relations in the Modern Middle East by David S. Sorenson Pdf

Civil-Military Relations in the Modern Middle East explores the political and economic interactions between civilians and the armed forces in the post-World War II Middle East, emphasizing four themes: military and society, the role of the military in political transitions, the military’s part in national economies, and the relations between soldiers and civilians in wartime. Covering the greater Middle East—including the Arab States, Israel, Turkey, and Iran—the book establishes how militaries in many Middle Eastern countries influence the national political and economic systems and how, in turn, politics influences the national militaries.

Author : Philippe Droz-Vincent
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108477420

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Military Politics of the Contemporary Arab World by Philippe Droz-Vincent Pdf

Compares the crucial role of Arab armies in state building, a decade after the 2011 Arab Uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Syria.

Author : Sydney Nettleton Fisher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119372121

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The Military in the Middle East by Sydney Nettleton Fisher Pdf

Author : Anthony H. Cordesman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474292566

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After The Storm by Anthony H. Cordesman Pdf

This comprehensive analysis documents the military forces in each Middle Eastern country at the end of the Cold War. Cordesman discusses security developments and provides a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the strength and effectiveness of every army, navy, air force, and air defence force in the region. He further assesses post-Cold War modernization and expansions plans and each country's internal security situations, the role the military plays in its government and internal tensions and civil wars. Special attention is paid to Iran and Iraq and the author examines the military changes in both countries as responses to the Iran-Iraq and the First Gulf War. After the Storm is unique in combining the evaluation of conventional forces with assessments of developments in biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and provides a coherent picture of the state of the military in the Middle East in the early 1990s. Summary tables and charts present keys statistics for the region, formatted to allow quick country by country comparisons.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780521816298

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Nomads in the Middle East by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mehran Kamrava
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520277816

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The Modern Middle East, Third Edition by Mehran Kamrava Pdf

From the fall of the Ottoman Empire through the Arab Spring, this title offers a classic treatise on the making of the contemporary Middle East remains essential reading for students and general readers who want to gain a better understanding of this diverse region.

Author : Zoltan Barany
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190866228

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Armies of Arabia by Zoltan Barany Pdf

Armies of Arabia is the first comprehensive analysis of the Gulf monarchies' armed forces, including their political, social, and economic characteristics, foreign relations, and battleground performance. The Arabian Peninsula is among the most strategically and economically important areas in the world, but its militaries remain terra incognita. In Armies of Arabia - the first book to comprehensively analyze the Gulf monarchies' armed forces - Zoltan Barany explains their notorious ineffectiveness with a combination of political-structural and sociocultural factors. Drawing on over 150 interviews and meticulous multidisciplinary research, Barany paints a fascinating portrait of Arabia's armies from Ibn Saud's Ikhwan to the present. He explores the methods ruling families employ to ensure their armies' loyalty, examines the backgrounds and career trajectories of soldiers and officers, and explains the monarchies' reliance on mercenaries and the enduring importance of tribal networks. Even though no other world region spends more on security, Arabia's armies remain ineffective because of an absence of meritocracy, the domination of personal connections over institutional norms, insipid leadership, a casual work ethic, and training that lacks intensity, frequency, and up-to-date scenarios. Massive weapons acquisitions are primarily pay-offs to the US for protecting them and have resulted in bloated and inappropriate arsenals and large-scale corruption. Barany explains why the Gulf Cooperation Council has been a squandered opportunity and examines the kingdoms' military relationships with the Arab world and beyond. The performance of the Saudi-led coalition's disastrous war in Yemen starkly illustrates the Gulf armies' humiliating combat record. The book concludes with thoughts on waste (of human potential, resources, institutions) as a dominant theme of Gulf military affairs, considers likely changes in response to long-term weakening demand for oil, and suggests ways in which the armies' effectiveness could be raised. Chock-full of insights and stories from the field and written with a general audience in mind, Armies of Arabia will be essential reading for anyone interested in military affairs and Middle Eastern politics, society, and international relations.

Author : Jean-Loup Samaan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780755650736

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New Military Strategies in the Gulf by Jean-Loup Samaan Pdf

In the last decade, rulers in Gulf regimes have aspired to greater strategic autonomy and distance from the West. Coined the "Gulf moment" by local commentators, this regional trend reflects a redistribution of power in the Arab world. This is the first book to examine the military dimensions of these shifts. Gulf military strategy has prioritised the improvement of local armed forces and the diversification of defence partnerships towards countries such as Russia, Turkey or China. However, this book shows how this has led to the militarisation of Gulf societies, the further erosion of multilateral initiatives - including the Gulf Cooperation Council - and the Gulf's perilous involvement in the war in Yemen. The book also highlights enduring reliance on the West. Each chapter covers a key aspect of defence policy from governance of armed forces, military education and power projection capabilities to regional security cooperation and lessons from warfighting experiences. Close attention is paid to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, countries that have enjoyed prominent roles in the region's security affairs during the last ten years. The research is based on extensive fieldwork and interviews with major decision-makers, officials, and diplomatic and military representatives. It is also uses recently declassified official documents to gain rare insight into what Gulf countries intend for their defence policies.