ABSTRACT
The Middle East is a continuing crisis area in world politics. This crisp and penetrating book, first published in 1971, analyses the historical development of the major issues in Arab politics, explains the conflicting interests now at stake in the Middle East and how the politics of the area were likely to develop. It examines, among other topics, the Palestine Liberation Movement, the prospects for Arab unity, and Great Power interference, and was written by one of the world’s leading scholars writing on the Middle East.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |85 pages
Arab Aspects of Political Conflict in the Middle East
chapter |11 pages
Politics in the Islamic Tradition
chapter |23 pages
Arab Nationalism: Unity and Diversity
chapter |31 pages
Disparate Political Evolution of Middle Eastern Countries
chapter |18 pages
Instances of Intra- and Inter-Arab State Conflict
part |42 pages
Regional Aspects of Political Conflict
chapter |28 pages
Major Sources of Inter-Arab Regional Rivalries
chapter |12 pages
The Great Powers and the Middle East
part |68 pages
June 1967 and Its Aftermath
chapter |10 pages
Prelude to the Six Day War
chapter |17 pages
The Impact of the June War on the Arab States and Israel
chapter |31 pages
The Palestine Liberation Movement
chapter |8 pages
The Impact of the War on the Great Powers
part |12 pages
The Middle East, Permanent Area of Conflict?