Superpower Intervention in the Middle East (Routledge Revivals)
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Superpower Intervention in the Middle East (Routledge Revivals)

  1. 201 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Superpower Intervention in the Middle East (Routledge Revivals)

About this book

Strategically placed on the global chess board, as well as controlling vast oil resources, the Middle East was one of the main theatres of Cold War. In the 1950s the Soviet Union had taken advantage of Arab Nationalists' disillusion with British and French Imperialism, along with the emerging Arab-Israeli conflict, to establish relations with Egypt, Syria and Iraq. The United States responded by moving in to shore up the Western position. Confrontation was inevitable. Superpower Intervention in the Middle East was written in 1978, when this confrontation was at its height. The book's main theme focuses on how the superpowers became competitively involved in local Middle East conflicts over which they could exercise only limited control, and the risks of nuclear confrontation of the kind which occurred at the end of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war. The threat to Western oil supplies is also examined. This is a fascinating work, of great relevance to scholars and students of Middle Eastern history and political diplomacy, as well as those with an interest in the relationship between the Western superpowers and this volatile region.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Original Title Page
  6. Original Copyright Page
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Introduction
  9. 1. The Importance of the Middle East
  10. 2. Military and Non-Military Actors
  11. 3. The Requisites of Military Policy
  12. 4. Oil and Force
  13. 5. The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula
  14. 6. The Crises of Conservatism in the Eastern Mediterranean
  15. 7. Entangling Commitment: The Soviet Union and the Arab-Israeli Conflict
  16. 8. Israeli Security: The American Dilemma
  17. 9. The Risks of Superpower Confrontation
  18. 10. The Costs of Military Policy
  19. 11. Conclusions and Implications
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index