Perilous Prospects
The Peace Process And The Arab-Israeli Military Balance
1st Edition
Published on 31. May 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-8133-3074-7 (ISBN)
Description
Nobody understands the delicate and dangerous balance of power in the Middle East better than Anthony Cordesman. In Perilous Prospects, he supplies the first account of the military and security concerns arising out of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and the recent assassination of Prime Minister Rabin.Cordesman considers a number of possible futures for the region, and their effects on the peace process, ranging the outbreak of a new intifada, to war between Israel and Syria over the Golan Heights. He also provides an analysis of the internal security requirements of both Israel and a new Palestinian state, which are the key to any lasting settlement.Offering hard-headed analysis combined with hope for the future, Perilous Prospects is both timely and provocative.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
547 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-3074-7 (9780813330747)
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Person
Anthony H. Cordesman is currently a senior fellow and codirector of the Middle East Program, and director of the Middle East Program at CSIS, a military analyst for ABC News and adjunct professor of national security studies at Georgetown University. He has served in senior positions in the office of the secretary of defence, NATO, and the U.S. Senate. Abraham R. Wagner is an independent defence consultant in the area of national security problems working with Science Applications International, Inc., as well as several federal agencies. He has written extensively on Third World military technologies and appeared on ABC News, the BBC, National Public Radio, and CBN to provide expert analysis of the Persian Gulf War.
Content
Introduction -- Military Expenditures and Arms Sales -- Quantitative Comparisons: Comparing Military Forces by Country -- The Impact of Qualitative Factors and the "Revolution in Military Affairs" -- Possible War Fighting Outcomes: A Dynamic Net Assessment -- Case One: the Peace Process Fails and a New "Intifada" Takes Place -- Case Two: a Syrian Grab for the Golan -- Case three: the Collapse of the peace Process and Conflict Between Israel and Jordan -- Case Four: A Jordanian-Syrian Alliance-the Eastern Front -- Case Five: Islamic Upheaval-Egyptian Crisis with Israel -- Case Six: A Broad Islamic Upheaval-Egypt, Jordan, and Syria are Joined by Other Arab States -- Case Seven: Libyan, Iranian, and Iraqi Conventional Forces -- Case Eight: Deterrence Fails-A Major use of Weapons of Mass Destruction -- Analytic and Policy Implications -- Sources and Methods -- About the Book and Author