The Arab-Israel Six Day War in June 1967 riveted world attention on the huge quantities of sophisticated weapons amassed in the arsenals of the Middle East - and left in its wake tangled political-military dilemmas and the intensification of the most dangerous arms race in the nonindustrialized world. How do major upheavals spread across borders so

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