Middle East

Willard A. Beling is professor of International Relations, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, where he also has been coordinator of the Middle East/North Africa Program, director of the Institute of World Affairs, and director of the International Public Administration Program. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton University.

• Preface Acknowledgments List of Contributors Part I. The Middle East: Subsystemic Interactions 1. The Arabs and Israelis: Perceptual Dimensions to their Dilemma Malcolm H. Kerr2. Arabism: An Ecological Variable in the Politics of the Middle East Willard A. Beling3. The Arab Cold War George Lenczowski4. Israeli Diversity: The Problems of Internal Opposition Don Peretz5. The Palestinian Resistance Movement Since 1967 Michael Hudson6. Conditions of Conflict Between Nations: An Overview of Middle Eastern and North African Nations Roger H. HarrellPart II. The International Political System: Interactions Between Major Actors and the Middle East 7. An Interaction Survey of the Middle East Charles A. McClelland and Anne Ancoli Gilbar8. American and Soviet Defense Systems vis-à-vis the Middle East P. M. Dadant9. The American-Soviet Mediterranean Confrontation and the Middle East Ciro Zoppo10. The Third World and the Middle East since the Six-Day War Samir N. AnabtawiPart III. American Policy Formation for the Middle East Forces at Work in a Domestic System 11. Domestic Influences on U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East: The View from Washington William B. Quandt12. Congress and American Middle East Policy George Kent13. Elite American Newspaper Opinion and the Middle East: Commitment vs. Isolation Charles H. Wagner14. Theological Perspectives on the Arab-Israeli Conflict John B. Orr