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"Why Arabs Lose Wars" is also a really fun, very short read if you're interested in this topic at all.
A good jumping off point.
If you were a big military history nerd, the wars in the middle east can be a right giggle while also being deranged, and horrific.
Like the whole conflict with Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Or this entire Palestine, Israel, and Iranian cluster frack for the last 50 years.