1st Edition

Middle East Politics The Military Dimension

By J. C. Hurewitz Copyright 1982
    568 Pages
    by Routledge

    568 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book is conceived as an inquiry into the causes and consequences of military intervention in the postwar politics of the Middle East. It provides an informative and fully documented study of the whole interplay of domestic, regional, and international politics in the postwar Middle East.

    Preface -- American Entanglement in Three-Dimensional Politics -- Legacies -- The Islamic Tradition* -- The Beginnings of Military Modernization* -- European Imperial Styles -- Postwar Politics -- Military Politics and the Lingering Cold War -- Armies in Postwar Politics -- Military Republics -- Egypt: Military Rule in a Rapidly Changing Society -- Military Roulette: Syria and Iraq -- Sudan: Military Interruption of Civilian Rule -- Military-Civilian Coalitions -- Junior Partners: Pakistan and Algeria -- Concealed Partners: Pakistan and Turkey -- Traditional Monarchies -- Libya: Triumph of Sanusi Leadership -- Saudi Arabia: The Peninsula Under Najdi Rule -- Yemen: Test of Zaydi Durability -- Modernizing Monarchies -- An American Client: Iran -- Cold War Beneficiary: Afghanistan -- Jordan: Keeping a Nonviable State Alive -- Constitutional Absolutism: Morocco -- Kuwayt: An Affluent Amirate under Political Siege -- Non-military Republics -- Garrison Democracy: Israel* -- Confessional Democracy: Lebanon* -- Tunisia: Stable One-Party System -- Regional Consequences -- Armies as Agencies of Social Change -- Arms Races in the Region -- Races in the Arab-Israel Zone -- Changing Military Politics and United States Options -- Bibliographic Note