Table of Contents:
  • PART I. MIDDLE EAST DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS
  • WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE IN 1973: Growth during the years of war and cease-fire
  • The financial position of the Middle East
  • Capital and development
  • The residual factor
  • The institutional setup
  • East and west trade
  • Development perspectives
  • Concluding remarks. PART II. THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK IN THE LOCAL ARENA: The failure of Nasserism as a relief system
  • The decline of the myth of an Arab Prussia
  • The Arabs in Israel: convergent interests in a settlement? PART III. THE SUPERPOWERS IN THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT, 1970-1973: Introduction
  • The long shadow of 1970
  • Soviet-American military interactions in the Middle East
  • The politics of confrontation avoidance
  • The aftermath of the October war.