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245	0	4	_aThe Middle East military balance, 1999-2000 / _cShlomo Brom and Yiftah Shapir, editors.
260			_aCambridge, Mass. : _bMIT Press, _cc2000.
300			_a479 p. : _bill., maps ; _c24 cm.
440		0	_aBCSIA studies in international security.
500			_aSummary: "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.
505	1		_aIntroduction / 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.
651		0	_aMiddle East _xArmed Forces.
651		0	_aMiddle East _xStrategic aspects.
700	1		_aBrom, Shlomo.
700	1		_aShapir, Yiftah.
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