ABSTRACT

This volume by acclaimed war reporter Clare Hollingworth , first published in 1952, surveys the politics of an area which has produced, and is likely to produce, more wars that it can consume locally. After a historical opening, about the general situation during and after the war, the author devotes chapters to the different States, and writes in some detail of the main problems affecting the area, such as oil, military power, communism and industrialization.

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

part I|106 pages

The Background

chapter II|10 pages

The Common Denominator of Arab States

chapter III|16 pages

Egypt

chapter IV|11 pages

Anglo-Egyptian Treaty Negotiations

chapter V|19 pages

Iraq

chapter VI|12 pages

Jordan

chapter VII|15 pages

The Levant States

chapter VIII|7 pages

Saudi Arabia

chapter IX|7 pages

The Yemen

part II|52 pages

The Palestine War

chapter X|8 pages

Palestine: The Problem

chapter XI|32 pages

Palestine: 1945—1947

chapter XII|12 pages

Palestine: The British Withdrawal

part III|101 pages

The Aftermath of the Palestine War

chapter XIII|20 pages

The Armies of the Middle East

chapter XIV|20 pages

Middle East Petroleum

chapter XV|16 pages

Communism in the Middle East

chapter XIV|10 pages

The Desire for Industrialization

chapter XVII|13 pages

Arab Communities outside the Arab League

chapter XVIII|22 pages

The Middle East To-Day