Publisher's Synopsis
The contributors - including scholars from the United States, the Soviet Union, Israel, and Arab states - examine the specific aspects of crisis experience during the Six-Day War and the Arab-Israeli dispute of 1971-72. The history of the Palestinian question is reviewed and then the Lebanese-Syrian-Israeli triangle of tension is evaluated, with a focus on the impact of the recent crisis in the Persian Gulf. Finally, the authors turn to policy implications and prospects for Soviet-American co-operation in the Middle East in the future. They discuss the practical steps that must be taken to achieve lasting peace in the region, particularly in the area of arms control, and look at the effects that the changing international superpower policies will have on stability in the Middle East.
