Arab Armies of the Middle East Wars 1948-73 (Men-at-Arms 128) *PoD*

Arab Armies of the Middle East Wars 194873Author(s): John Laffin, Mike Chappell\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Osprey Publishing\nISBN-13: 9780850454512, 978-0850454512\nSynopsis\nThe modern wars of the Middle East began in 1947, when the Syrians, Egyptians, Jordanians and Lebanese were unofficially at war with the Jewish settlers of Palestine.\n\nOn the 15 May, the day after Israel was declared a sovereign state, the Arab invasion began. Between then and 1973 five wars occurred: those of 1948; the Sinai War; the Six-Day War; the [tel] War of Attrition and the 1973 October War.\n\nThis book examines the organization, training and equipment of the key Arab armies during these conflicts and the variety of uniforms are illustrated by a number of contemporary photographs and full colour artwork.