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100	1		_aGaub, Florence
245	1	0	_aArab armies : _bagents of change? : before and after 2011 / _cby Florence Gaub _h[electronic resource]
260			_aParis : _bEU Institute for Security Studies, _c2014
300			_a44 pages
490			_aChaillot papers ; _v131
500			_aSIP1408
500			_a"March 2014."
520			_aBut only one of the Arab militaries confronted with the massive social dislocation unleashed by the Arab Spring behaved in the expected way, i.e. unequivocally standing by the regime and suppressing the uprisings. The others facilitated regime change either actively or passively, and in Egypt assumed an even more direct role. In all cases, the armed forces were, and remain, the kingmakers, whose support is essential for rulers to hold onto, or accede to, power. But what drives these forces? Why do they choose to act, or not act, under certain political conditions? When do they have the capacity to act, and when is it that they do not?
650			_ainsurgency _zMiddle East
651			_aMiddle East _xarmed forces _xarmy
653			_aArab Spring
710	2		_aEuropean Union Institute for Security Studies, EUISS
830		0	_aChaillot papers ; _vno. 131
856	4	1	_uhttp://www.iss.europa.eu/publications/detail/article/arab-armies-agents-of-change-before-and-after-2011/
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