Significant developments in the Middle East from 1985 to 1989, especially the Iran-Contra affair and the Intifada, had a major impact on the domestic and foreign policies of countries involved in this volatile region. The disclosure that the United States had sent arms to...
This challenging new book examines Middle East developments from three different levels--extraregional forces (the United States, the Soviet Union, and Western Europe); regional politics (intra-Arab relations, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the Iran-Iraq war); and local politics...