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020 _a0231114648 (hbk.):
_c50.00 US
100 1 _aHELLER Mark (ed.)
245 0 _aMiddle East military balance, 1997
260 _aNew York:
_bColumbia University Press,
_c1999
300 _a532p.
520 3 _aCOVERAGE: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.
650 _aDEFENCE PROCUREMENT
650 _aMIDDLE EAST
_xAIR FORCES
650 _aMIDDLE EAST
_xARMED FORCES
650 _aMIDDLE EAST
_xLAND FORCES
650 _aMIDDLE EAST
_xNAVAL FORCES
650 _aMIDDLE EAST
_xSTRATEGIC STUDIES
650 _aMILITARY EQUIPMENT
650 _aMILITARY PERSONNEL
650 _aSTATISTICS
700 _aSHAPIR Yiftah
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