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Archaic and classical Greek infantries fought in a close-order tactical formation known as the hoplite phalanx. As an instrument of military power, the phalanx provided the poleis (city-states) of the classical period (479-323 BCE) with forces that would prove all but invincible…

When embattled autocrats threatened by the Arab Spring's mobilizations turned towards their armed forces for support, the stage was set for the military elite to shape the outcome of the critical junctures in 2011. Some acted as the regime's gravediggers when they defected where…