TY - BOOK AU - Brom,Shlomo AU - Shapir,Yiftah TI - The Middle East military balance, 1999-2000 SN - 0262024780 AV - UA832 .M5223 2000 U1 - 355.0330560905 21 PY - 2000/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - MIT Press KW - Middle East KW - Armed Forces KW - Strategic aspects N1 - Summary: "The Middle East Military Balance is prepared annually by the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv, Israel. It is based on data from many sources, including some that are unavailable to other institutes. With its wealth of current, hard-to-find information, it offers an authoritative and indispensable guide to military capabilities in the Middle East."--Jacket; Introduction / Shlomo Brom -- pt. I. Qualitative Dimensions. The Balance of Land Forces / Moshe Matri. The Balance of Air Forces / Shmuel Gordon. The Balance of Naval Forces / Eli Oren. Trends in Middle Eastern Defense Expenditures / Shmuel Even. Middle East Terrorism: The "Afghanistan Alumni" / Yoram Schweitzer -- pt. II. Military Forces. 1. Algeria. 2. Bahrain. 3. Egypt. 4. Iran. 5. Iraq. 6. Israel. 7. Jordan. 8. Kuwait. 9. Lebanon. 10. Libya. 11. Morocco. 12. Oman. 13. Palestinian Authority. 14. Qatar. 15. Saudi Arabia. 16. Sudan. 17. Syria. 18. Tunisia. 19. Turkey. 20. United Arab Emirates (UAE). 21. Yemen -- pt. III. Charts and Tables. The Middle East Military Balance at a Glance ER -