TY  - BOOK
AU  - HELLER Mark (ed.)
AU  - SHAPIR Yiftah
TI  - Middle East military balance, 1997
SN  - 0231114648 (hbk.):
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - DEFENCE PROCUREMENT
KW  - MIDDLE EAST
KW  - AIR FORCES
KW  - ARMED FORCES
KW  - LAND FORCES
KW  - NAVAL FORCES
KW  - STRATEGIC STUDIES
KW  - MILITARY EQUIPMENT
KW  - MILITARY PERSONNEL
KW  - STATISTICS
N2  - 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
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