| Arbiters of Social Unrest: Military Responses to the Arab Spring Contributor(s): Department of the Army (Author) |
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ISBN: 1502850885 ISBN-13: 9781502850881 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Middle Eastern |
| Physical Information: 0.1" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.29 lbs) 46 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What explains the variance in military behavior during popular uprisings in Northern Africa and the Middle East? Contrary to models which tout the internal characteristics of the military, the external political, social and economic conditions, the influence of Western economic and military assistance or the transformative experience of educating officers in Western schools, it is argued that it is instead a matter of the political restraints and interests of the military which determines the likelihood of military intervention in the political domain. Higher levels of restraints on the military will result in more reactive and slower decision making, and a lower propensity to intervene. Higher levels of interests will result in a higher likelihood of military intervention. |