MILITARY AFFAIRS The Middle East Strategic Balance 2003-2004, ed. by Shai Feldman and Yiftah S. Shapir. Portland, OR and Brighton, UK: Sussex Academic Press, 2004. vii + 243 pages. Tables and charts to p. 261. Contribs. $34.95 paper.
The Military Balance in the Middle East, by Anthony C. Cordesman. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2004. xxiii + 529 pages. Figures. Notes to p. 542. Index to p. 560. $55.
These two books are not for the faint of heart and can only be dealt with in short doses. There is just too much information and analysis to be absorbed in a single sitting. This reviewer spent his entire government career dealing with the military situation in the Middle …