Accession Number:

ADA561630

Title:

Arab Spring Hurricane

Descriptive Note:

Research paper

Corporate Author:

ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

Personal Author(s):

• Osman, Khaled

Report Date:

2012-03-22

Pagination or Media Count:

22.0

Abstract:

The ideal of promoting democracy in the Arab region was for some time not immediately obvious, but the pressure of injustice and loss of hope motivated people to struggle for freedom. Implications for the armed forces, and the potential for using the armed forces against the people, differed from country to country depending on the political concepts in force and the ideology of the army itself. This paper will compare the reactions of the respective armies to political contestation in Egypt, Syria, and Libya. It will seek to demonstrate differing concepts regarding how an army should be used under such circumstances.

Descriptors:

• *DEMOCRACY
• *EGYPT
• *LIBYA
• *MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN)
• *POLITICAL REVOLUTION
• *RESPONSE
• *SYRIA
• ARABS
• CIVIL DISTURBANCES
• ELECTIONS
• GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN)
• IDEOLOGY
• LEADERSHIP
• MIDDLE EAST
• MILITARY OPERATIONS
• MOTIVATION
• REACTION(PSYCHOLOGY)

Subject Categories:

• Government and Political Science
• Military Forces and Organizations
• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE