Conflict and War in the Middle East

Preface - Preface to the Second Edition - Introduction: Middle Eastern Wars from the World Historical and International Systemic Perspectives - PART 1: THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM AS A CONFIGURATION OF REGIONAL SUBSYSTEMS: THE CASE OF THE MIDDLE EAST - The Science of International Relations: Between Globalism and Regionalism - The Middle East: Its Location and Delimitation - PART 2: FROM ARAB RENAISSANCE (NAHDA) TO THE SIX DAY WAR OF 1967: THE NEW HISTORICAL EPOCH AFTER JUNE 1967 - The Six Day War of 1967: The Background and Multifaceted Character of an Escalated Regional Conflict - The Regional and International Repercussions of the Six Day War: The End of Nasserism and the Beginning of a New Historical Epoch - PART 3: THE 1973 OCTOBER WAR: THE REGIONAL DYNAMIC OF THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT AND THE SUPERPOWERS. ARMS, OIL AND SHIFTS IN REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCES - The Yom Kippur, Ramadan or October War? Historical Continuity from the Six Day War to the Nineteen Day War - The Superpowers and the October War - October 1973: The War with Arms and the War with Oil: Petro-dollar Power and the 1973-77 Saudi-Egyptian Axis; its Revival during the Iran-Iraq War and Its Aftermath - PART 4: THE GULF WAR, ITS LINKAGES AND BACKGROUND: REGIONAL DYNAMIC AND THE FRAGMENTATION OF THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA - The Middle East between the 1973 October War and the 1990-91 Gulf War: An Epidemically Militarised Region of Conflict? - From the Iraq-Kuwait Conflict to the Gulf War - The Historical Context of Conflict and War in the Middle East in the Light of the Gulf War - PART 5: NEW SECURITY AND REORDERING THE MIDDLE EAST AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY: THE NEW CHALLENGES - Notes and References - Bibliography - Inde x