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    DESERT GUERRILLAS:: Psychological Social And Economic Characteristics Of The Bedouin Which Lend Themselves To Irregular Warfare
    DESERT GUERRILLAS:: Psychological Social And Economic Characteristics Of The Bedouin Which Lend Themselves To Irregular Warfare
    DESERT GUERRILLAS:: Psychological Social And Economic Characteristics Of The Bedouin Which Lend Themselves To Irregular Warfare
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    DESERT GUERRILLAS:: Psychological Social And Economic Characteristics Of The Bedouin Which Lend Themselves To Irregular Warfare

    By Major Thomas A. Dempsey

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    This monograph addresses the suitability of Bedouin tribes for recruitment and employment as irregular forces. The study is motivated by force shortfalls and resource constraints in U.S. contingency planning for Southwest Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. A partial solution to these shortfalls and constraints is offered through the employment of Bedouin irregular forces to augment U.S. contingency operations in the area.

    The study examines the characteristics of Bedouin society and finds that those characteristics support the recruitment and employment of Bedouin irregular forces. Three historical case studies support this conclusion, demonstrating the effectiveness of Bedouin irregulars. The case studies analyze the use of Bedouin irregular forces in the unification of Saudi Arabia prior to the First World War; under T. E. Lawrence during his campaigns in the Hejaz and Palestine from 1916 to 1918; and during the Dhofar Rebellion in Oman from 1971 to 1976.

    The monograph concludes that the Bedouin population of the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula constitutes a critical resource, which could be exploited to provide irregular forces in support of U.S. operations in Southwest Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. Some suggestions are offered with respect to methods of employment for such forces. The paper closes with a review of issues requiring further study, including the need for a doctrine addressing irregular warfare, and for techniques to implement that doctrine.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTannenberg Publishing
    Release dateNov 6, 2015
    ISBN9781786252241
    DESERT GUERRILLAS:: Psychological Social And Economic Characteristics Of The Bedouin Which Lend Themselves To Irregular Warfare
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    Major Thomas A. Dempsey

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      DESERT GUERRILLAS: - Major Thomas A. Dempsey

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      Text originally published in 1988 under the same title.

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      DESERT GUERRILLAS: Psychological, Social And Economic Characteristics Of The Bedouin Which Lend Themselves To Irregular Warfare

      By

      MAJ Thomas A. Dempsey, USA

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

      ABSTRACT 5

      I. Introduction 6

      II. Irregular Forces and Their Employment 7

      III. The Bedouin Warrior and His Society 10

      IV. The Characteristics of Bedouin Society: Implications for Irregular Warfare 11

      V. Bedouins and Irregular Warfare: Case Studies 18

      A. Ibn Sa’ud and the Campaign for Unification of Saudi Arabia 18

      B. T. E. Lawrence in the Hejaz and Palestine 19

      C. The Dhofar Rebellion 21

      VI. Irregular Forces on the Modern Battlefield: Force Multiplier or Anachronism? 23

      VII. Conclusion 26

      Appendix 1. Map of Saudi Arabia. 27

      Appendix 2. Maps of Lawrence’s Campaigns in the Hejaz and Palestine. 28

      Appendix 3. Map of the Dhofar Province. 30

      ENDNOTES 31

      BIBLIOGRAPHY 32

      Books and Monographs 32

      Journals and Periodicals 33

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 35

      ABSTRACT

      This monograph addresses the suitability of Bedouin tribes for recruitment and employment as irregular forces. The study is motivated by force shortfalls and resource constraints in U.S. contingency planning for Southwest Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. A partial solution to these shortfalls and constraints is offered through the employment of Bedouin irregular forces to augment U.S. contingency operations in the area.

      The study examines the characteristics of Bedouin society and finds that those characteristics support the recruitment and employment of Bedouin irregular forces. Three historical case studies support this conclusion, demonstrating the effectiveness of Bedouin irregulars. The case studies analyze the use of Bedouin irregular forces in the unification of Saudi Arabia prior to the First World War; under T. E. Lawrence during his campaigns in the Hejaz and Palestine from 1916 to 1918; and during the Dhofar Rebellion in Oman from 1971 to 1976.

      The monograph concludes that the Bedouin population of the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula constitutes a critical resource, which could be exploited to provide irregular forces in support of U.S. operations in Southwest Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. Some suggestions are offered with respect to methods of employment for such forces. The paper closes with a review of issues requiring further study, including the

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