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Anthony H. Cordesman
Where do you go to get a good rundown on the military dimensions of critical events in the Middle East? You could do a lot worse than read or listen to the output of Anthony Cordesman - a 44-year-old author, journalist and defense consultant who has credentials as convincing as the front end of a tank.
For the past three years, since leaving the government after two decades as a military and strategic analyst, Mr. Cordesman has been vigorously and prolifically propounding his news and views on the military affairs of the world: writing books and magazine articles, lecturing to military and civilian audiences, and producing special studies for clients. As is hardly surprising, a large chunk of his output - he estimates it at about a third - concerns the Middle East.
Publications Galore
Most of Mr. Cordesman's published views on military conditions around the world can be found in the pages of the Armed Forces Journal - a monthly which has been coming out for well over a century and of which he is the international policy editor. According to Mr. Cordesman's count, his articles in this and some other publications have totaled 128 since he began doing his latest thing in January of 1981. Since then he has also written two books on the Middle East - Jordan and the Middle East Balance, which came out last year (see...