ABSTRACT

First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|14 pages

The Arab–Israeli conflict

Ways of war

chapter 2|13 pages

The Palestinian–Israeli conflict

Hostages to history

chapter 3|11 pages

Superpower conflict in the Middle East

War by proxy

chapter 4|10 pages

Generation jihad

Conflict in the name of Islam?

chapter 5|12 pages

Sectarian conflict

Lebanon, state without a nation

chapter 6|11 pages

Ethnic conflict

The forgotten Kurds

chapter 7|11 pages

War in the Gulf

Iran and Iraq 1980–1989

chapter 8|11 pages

The Kuwait crisis

Brother versus brother