Anthony H. Cordesman Khalid R. Al-Rodhan
Gulf military forces in an era of asymmetric wars
CSIS
Center for Strategic and International Studies Gulf military forces in an era of asymmetric wars Volume 1 Anthony H. Cordesman Khalid R. Al-Rodhan
Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
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Board Cochairs
Loch K. Johnson, Regents Professor of Public and International Affairs, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia (U.S.A.)
Paul Wilkinson, Professor of International Relations and Chairman of the Advisory Board, Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St. Andrews (U.K.)
Members Eliot A. Cohen, Robert E. Osgood Professor of Strategic Studies and Director, Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University (U.S.A.)
Anthony H. Cordesman, Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, Center for Strategic and International Studies (U.S.A.)
The´re`se Delpech, Director of Strategic Affairs, Atomic Energy Commission, and Senior Research Fellow, CERI (Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques), Paris (France)
Sir Michael Howard, former Professor of History of War, Oxford University, and Professor of Military and Naval History, Yale University (U.K.)
Lieutenant General Claudia J. Kennedy, USA (Ret.), former Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Headquarters, Department of the Army (U.S.A.)
Paul M. Kennedy, J. Richardson Dilworth Professor of History and Director, International Security Studies, Yale University (U.S.A.)
Robert J. O’Neill, former Chichele Professor of the History of War, All Souls College, Oxford University (Australia)
Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland (U.S.A.)
Jusuf Wanandi, co-founder and member, Board of Trustees, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (Indonesia)
Fareed Zakaria, Editor, Newsweek International (U.S.A.)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cordesman, Anthony H. Gulf military forces in an era of asymmetric wars Anthony H. Cordesman and Khalid R. Al-Rodhan. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0–275–99250–0 (set : alk. paper) ISBN 0–275–99399–X (vol 1 : alk. paper) ISBN 0–275–99400–7 (vol 2 : alk. paper) 1. Middle East-Armed Forces. 2. Asymmetric warfare-Middle East. 3. National security-Persian Gulf States. 4. Persian Gulf States—Military relations. 5. Armed Forces. 6. Balance of power. 7. Military readiness. I. Al-Rodhan, Khalid R. II. Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.) III. Title. UA832.C67028 2007 355’.0330536—dc22 2006031049
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2006031049 ISBN: 0–275–99250–0 (set) 0–275–99399–X (vol. 1) 0–275–99400–7 (vol. 2)
First published in 2007
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