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Record Nr.

UNINA9910158770303321

Autore

Dempsey Major Thomas A

Titolo

DESERT GUERRILLAS : Psychological Social And Economic Characteristics Of The Bedouin Which Lend Themselves To Irregular Warfare

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco : , : Tannenberg Publishing, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78625-224-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (42 pages)

Disciplina

909.09749269999998

Soggetti

Bedouins

Desert warfare

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABSTRACT -- I. Introduction -- II. Irregular Forces and Their Employment -- III. The Bedouin Warrior and His Society -- IV. The Characteristics of Bedouin Society: Implications for Irregular Warfare -- V. Bedouins and Irregular Warfare: Case Studies -- A. Ibn Sa'ud and the Campaign for Unification of Saudi Arabia -- B. T. E. Lawrence in the Hejaz and Palestine -- C. The Dhofar Rebellion -- VI. Irregular Forces on the Modern Battlefield: Force Multiplier or Anachronism? -- VII. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Map of Saudi Arabia. -- Appendix 2. Maps of Lawrence's Campaigns in the Hejaz and Palestine. -- Appendix 3. Map of the Dhofar Province. -- ENDNOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Books and Monographs -- Journals and Periodicals.