HELLER Mark (ed.) <br/><br/>
Middle East military balance, 1997 

 - New York:  Columbia University Press,  1999 
 - 532p. 
<br/><br/> COVERAGE:Part One reviews strategic developments in the Middle East during the 1990s and especially the events of 1997. Part Two provides a detailed statistical survey of regional military forces with coverage of 21 countries. The following details are included in each country entry: general data - demography, economic indicators, arms transfers, defence production (if any), foreign military cooperation (if any) nuclear, biological and chemical warfare capability; armed forces - tables for 1993-1997 on order of battle and personnel for all forces; order of battle, weapons and equipment for each Force. Part Three provides comparative tables. There is also a glossary of weapons systems, and a chronology of events in the Region during 1997. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0231114648 (hbk.):  50.00 US 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>DEFENCE PROCUREMENT<br/>MIDDLE EAST--AIR FORCES<br/>MIDDLE EAST--ARMED FORCES<br/>MIDDLE EAST--LAND FORCES<br/>MIDDLE EAST--NAVAL FORCES<br/>MIDDLE EAST--STRATEGIC STUDIES<br/>MILITARY EQUIPMENT<br/>MILITARY PERSONNEL<br/>STATISTICS