Preface Preface to the Second Edition Introduction: Middle Eastern Wars from the World Historical and International Systemic Perspectives PART 1: THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM AS A CONFIGURATION OF REGIONAL SUBSYSTEMS: THE CASE OF THE MIDDLE EAST The Science of International Relations: Between Globalism and Regionalism The Middle East: Its Location and Delimitation PART 2: FROM ARAB RENAISSANCE (NAHDA) TO THE SIX DAY WAR OF 1967: THE NEW HISTORICAL EPOCH AFTER JUNE 1967 The Six Day War of 1967: The Background and Multifaceted Character of an Escalated Regional Conflict The Regional and International Repercussions of the Six Day War: The End of Nasserism and the Beginning of a New Historical Epoch PART 3: THE 1973 OCTOBER WAR: THE REGIONAL DYNAMIC OF THE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT AND THE SUPERPOWERS. ARMS OIL AND SHIFTS IN REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCES The Yom Kippur Ramadan or October War? Historical Continuity from the Six Day War to the Nineteen Day War The Superpowers and the October War October 1973: The War with Arms and the War with Oil: Petro-dollar Power and the 1973-77 Saudi-Egyptian Axis; its Revival during the Iran-Iraq War and Its Aftermath PART 4: THE GULF WAR ITS LINKAGES AND BACKGROUND: REGIONAL DYNAMIC AND THE FRAGMENTATION OF THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE POST-COLD WAR ERA The Middle East between the 1973 October War and the 1990-91 Gulf War: An Epidemically Militarised Region of Conflict? From the Iraq-Kuwait Conflict to the Gulf War The Historical Context of Conflict and War in the Middle East in the Light of the Gulf War PART 5: NEW SECURITY AND REORDERING THE MIDDLE EAST AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY: THE NEW CHALLENGES Notes and References Bibliography Index. Language: English