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BL
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1090164
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bc101032
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English
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| Main Entry
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Cordesman, Anthony H.
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Perilous Prospects : : the Peace Process and the Arab-Israeli Military Balance.
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| Publication Statement
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Boulder :: Routledge,, 2018.
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1 online resource (334 pages)
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9780429966958
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: 0429966954
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: 9780429978036
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: 0429978030
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9780813330747
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9780813329390
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| Notes
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The Impact of Libyan, Iranian, and Iraqi Conventional Capabilities.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 INTRODUCTION; The ""Conventional Balance; Counting Total Forces; 2 MILITARY EXPENDITURES AND ARMS SALES; Differences in Economic Size and Level of Military Effort; Problems in Dollar Comparisons of Military Expenditures and Arms Sales; What Can Be Learned from Comparisons of Military Expenditures; Comparisons of Arms Sales and Imports; The Impact of US Military Assistance; 3 QUANTITATIVE COMPARISONS: COMPARING MILITARY FORCES BY COUNTRY.
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Understanding the Details Behind Quantitative Comparisons of Total ForcesThe Inevitable Limits of Quantitative Comparisons; 4 THE IMPACT OF QUALITATIVE FACTORS AND THE ""REVOLUTION IN MILITARY AFFAIRS; The Israeli Organizational and ""Cultural"" Edge; The Arab Organizational and ""Cultural"" Problem; The Qualitative Weaknesses in Arab and Third World Military Forces; The Qualitative Advantages of Israeli Forces; The Limits of Israel's Qualitative ""Edge; 5 POSSIBLE WAR FIGHTING OUTCOMES: A DYNAMIC NET ASSESSMENT; 6 CASE ONE: THE PEACE PROCESS FAILS AND A NEW ""INTIFADA"" TAKES PLACE.
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Palestinian Paramilitary GroupsThe Role of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad; Other Patterns in Terrorist Activity; The Palestinian Authority Response; Conflict in Gaza; Conflict on the West Bank; The Palestinian and Israeli Security Problem; If Peace Should Fail: The Balance of Forces on the West Bank; The Role of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iran, and Hizbollah in a Conflict in Gaza or the West Bank; The Impact of the Peace Process on the Military Balance; 7 CASE TWO: A SYRIAN GRAB FOR THE GOLAN; Comparing Total Syrian and Israeli Forces: Syrian Capabilities.
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Comparing Total Syrian and Israeli Forces: Israeli CapabilitiesAn Attack Through the Golan Heights Before a Peace Settlement with Syria; An Attack Through the Golan Heights After a Peace Settlement with Syria; Creating a Secure Peace on the Golan; The Lebanese Dimension; 8 CASE THREE: THE COLLAPSE OF THE PEACE PROCESS AND CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND JORDAN; Jordanian Support of Palestinian Forces in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Israel; Jordanian ""Rescue"" of Palestinians in the West Bank: Jordanian Re-Occupation of the West Bank; Arms Control and Security Implications.
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9 CASE FOUR: A JORDANIAN-SYRIAN ALLIANCE-THE EASTERN FRONT10 CASE FIVE: ISLAMIC UPHEAVAL-EGYPTIAN CRISIS WITH ISRAEL; Egyptian War Fighting Strengths; Egyptian War Fighting Liabilities; An Egyptian-Israeli Conflict and the Geography of the Sinai; Arms Control in the Sinai; Egypt's Impact on Peace Negotiations and Arms Control; 11 CASE SIX: A BROAD ISLAMIC UPHEAVAL-EGYPT, JORDAN, AND SYRIA ARE JOINED BY OTHER ARAB STATES; 12 CASE SEVEN: LIBYAN, IRANIAN, AND IRAQI CONVENTIONAL FORCES; Libyan Capabilities; Iranian Capabilities; Iraqi Capabilities.
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Arab countries-Defenses.
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Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements-(1993 September 13)
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Israel-Defenses.
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HISTORY-- Military-- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Military Science.
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Arab-Israeli conflict.
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| Dewey Classification
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956.9/4/054
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UA853.I8C67 1996
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