Linkage Politics In The Middle East

Dr. Bar-Siman-Tov is a lecturer in the Department of International Relations of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. He is the author of The Israeli-Egyptian War of Attrition 1969–1970: A Case Study of Limited Local War and several articles dealing with the Middle East.

• Introduction Part One: A theoretical Framework 1. Linkage Politics and Conflict Linkage 2. A Critique of the Quantitative Approach 3. A Proposed Method of Research Part Two: The Case Study 4. Syria: A Linkage Politics State 5. The Separatist Regime 1961–1963: Connections Between Internal and External Conflicts 6. The Ba'th Regime 1963–1966: Connections Between Internal and External Conflicts 7. The Neo-Ba'th Regime 1966–1970: Connections Between Internal and External Conflicts