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'Ali Al Sabah Military AcademyMubarak 'Abdallah al-Jabir Al Sabah Command and Staff College; Military Campaigns; War for Kuwait; War for Afghanistan; War for Iraq; The Post-2011 Uprisings; Institutional Capabilities and Challenges; Training Issues; Doctrinal Challenges; Strategic Concerns; Conclusion; 3. Oman and its Armed Forces; Creation of Military Institutions; Effective Military Capabilities; Royal Army of Oman (RAO); Royal Navy of Oman (RNO); Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO); Military Academies and Indigenous Leaders; Sultan Qabus Military College; Sultan Qabus Naval Academy

Based on scarce source material and a wide range of inside information, this exhaustive reference traces the rise of each ruling family, outlines key constitutional developments, provides details on current rulers and their approaches to succession, discusses potential contenders to power. Appendixes supply a chronological list of rulers for each monarchy, as well as the text of decrees, private letters, and constitutional provisions related to succession

A decade after the War for Kuwait and two decades after the Iran-Iraq War, the wider Gulf region remains mired in internal, regional and international conflicts. Iran, Iraq, and the Arab Gulf States presents analytical perspectives - including solution-oriented assessments to identify major causes for actual and potential conflicts throughout the Gulf. The twenty-six papers assembled in this volume identify trends for the next decade. Studies on Iranian, Iraqi, Saudi and Arab Gulf States' political agendas on the domestic, regional and international fronts are included, along with assessments on pending legal issues, including border disputes, relations among the Gulf states themselves, as well as their complex and evolving ties with several Western powers. The study closes with four 'trends' chapters looking at the 2000-2010 period

A review essay on a book by Stephen J. Glain, Mullahs, Merchants, and Militants: The Economic Collapse of the Arab World (New York: Thomas Dunne, 2004).