The Soviet-American competition in the Middle East / edited by Steven L. Spiegel, Mark A. Heller, Jacob Goldberg ; [sponsored by] Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation ... [et al.].

Contributor Spiegel, Steven L.

Imprint:Lexington, Mass. : Lexington Books, c1988.

Descriptionxiii, 392 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Part I. BACKGROUND: Soviet-American competition in the Middle East: a profile / Steven L. Spiegel -- PART II. AMRS TRANSFERS: QUANTITATIVE FACTORS: U.S. arms transfer and arms control policies: the Middle East / Robert E. harkavy, Stephanie G. Neuman -- A note on Soviet arms transfers to the Middle East / Abraham S. Becker -- European arms transfers and other suppliers / Alan Platt -- PART III. THE TECHNOLOGICAL DIMENSION: The impact of new technology on the Arab-Israel military balance / Gerald M. Steinberg -- Superpower nonprolifereation policies: the case of the Middle East / Shai Feldman -- PART IV. MILITARY PRESENCE, INTERVENTION, AND FORCE PROJECTION: Toward the Carter doctrine: the evolution of American power projection policies in the Middle East, 1947-1980 -- The "Reagan doctrine" and U.S. policy in the Middle East / Sanford Lakoff -- Peacetime presence and wartime engagement: the Soviet case / Efraim Karsh -- Soviet military power in the Middle East; or, whatever became of power projection? / Francis Fukuyama -- The American response to state-sponsored terrorism / Brian M. Jenkins -- Soviet attitudes toward Middle Eastern terrorism / Ariel Merari -- PART V. THE ECONOMIC DIMENSION: U.S. economic interests in the Middle East / Eliyahu Kanovsky -- Soviet economic interests in the Middle East / Gur Ofer, Joseph Pelzman -- PART VI. THE POLITICAL-DIPLOMATIC CONTEXT: The Soviet and U.S. record on Arab-Israeli wars / Barry Rubin -- Soviet and American attitudes toward the Arab-Israel peace process / Samuel W. Lewis -- Soviet and American attitudes toward the Iran-Iraq War / Mark A. Heller -- PART VII. THE GLOBAL/REGIONAL INTERFACE: Consequences of superpower competition in the Middle East for local conflicts / Jacob Goldberg -- Mutual encroachment: the United States and the Soviet Union in Syria and Jordan / Itamar Rabinovich, Asher Susser -- The Lebanon War and the Soviet-American competition: scope and limits of superpower influence / Bruce W. Jentleson -- PART VIII. DEALING WITH THE CONSEQUENCES: Soviet-American competition in the Middle East / Aharon Yariv.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographies and index.

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