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air force aircraft Algeria American anti-tank Arab armed forces ARMS INDUSTRY army army's artillery Bangladesh battalions Brazil brigades Britain British Chief of Staff civilian combat COMMAND AND CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT communist conscripts CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS coup Cyprus DEPLOYMENT AND RECENT divisions DRESS AND DISTINCTIONS Egyptian elections engineer fighting France French FROLINAT frontier German Greek groups Guard Guatemala guerrilla guns Gwynne Dyer helicopters HISTORY AND INTRODUCTION howitzer independence Indian infantry infantry battalions internal security Iraq Israel Israeli John Keegan Libyan major Maronite Mauritania mechanised ment military militia Minister of Defence missile Moroccan Morocco NATO navy NCOs officer corps organised Pakistan Party personnel police political population President rank RECENT OPERATIONS recruited regime regiments regular Republic rifle role School soldiers South Soviet Soviet Union squadron stars STRENGTH AND BUDGET Syrian tank territory tion troops units Warsaw Pact weapons