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

1st Edition

Superpower Intervention in the Middle East (Routledge Revivals)

By Peter Mangold Copyright 1978
216 Pages
by Routledge

209 Pages
by Routledge

209 Pages
by Routledge
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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... Read more

Introduction;  1. The Importance of the Middle East  2. Military and Non-Military Actors  3. The Requisites of Military Policy  4. Oil and Force  5. The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula  6. The Crises of Conservatism in the Eastern Mediterranean  7. Entangling Commitment: The Soviet Union and the Arab-Israeli Conflict  8. Israeli Security: The American Dilemma  9. The Risks of Superpower Confrontation  10. The Costs of Military Policy  11. Conclusions and Implications;  Bibliography;  Index.

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Mangold, Peter

"[Peter Mangold] has written a book which is painstaking, often subtle, remarkably objective and alarmingly well read in its sources" - Philip Windsor, Round Table, April 1978

"a well written and meticulous book"- Nick Butler, Labour Weekly

"a valuable examination of the events and policies of recent years" – Commonwealth, April 1978

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