TY - BOOK AU - PIVKA Otto Von TI - Armies of the Middle East SN - 0850593263 (hbk.) PY - 1979/// CY - Cambridge, UK PB - Patrick Stephens Ltd KW - ALGERIA KW - ARMED FORCES KW - BAHRAIN KW - EGYPT KW - ETHIOPIA KW - HISTORY KW - IRAN KW - IRAQ KW - ISRAEL KW - JORDAN KW - KUWAIT KW - LE BANON KW - LIBYA KW - MIDDLE EAST KW - MOROCCO KW - NORTH YEMEN KW - OMAN KW - QATAR KW - SAUDI ARABIA KW - SOMALIA KW - SOUTH YEMEN KW - SYRIA KW - TUNISIA KW - UNITED ARAB EMIRATES KW - WEAPONS N2 - Provides historic backgrounds to Middle Eastern conflicts, including the Arab-Israeli Wars of 1948 and 1956; the Jebel Akhdar campaign in Oman; the Yemini Civil War; the Six Day War; the Dhofar campaign in Oman; and the Ethiopian secessionist wars. Section 3 provides an overview of individual country's armed forces' uniforms, history, equipment and organization ER -