Osprey Men-at-Arms №127. John Laffin. The Israeli Army in the Middle East Wars 1948-73

Osprey Publishing, 1972. — 48 p. — ISBN: 9780-85045-084-5. In 1921, Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Gerald Peake formed the Arab Legion as a police force in the former British protectorate of Transjordan. The Legion's main roles were to keep order among Transjordian tribes and safeguard the villagers from Bedouins. In subsequent years, under the leadership of Glubb Pasha, the Arab...

Osprey Publishing, 1982. — 50 p. — ISBN: 0850454514. The 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. On the 15 May, the day afer Israel was declared a sovreign state, the Arab invasion began. Between then and 1973 five wars occurred: those of 1948; the Sinai...

Osprey Publishing, 1985. — 49 p. — ISBN: 0850456029. This book offers a day-by-day account of the invasion and the subsequent siege of Beirut, an operation that resulted in both the PLO and Israel claiming victory.

Osprey Publishing, 1988. — 49 p. — ISBN: 0850458005. This book examines the post-1973 development of the armies of Egypt, Jordan and Syria, as well as the Palestinian guerrilla and terrorist groups.