2nd ed. — Syracuse University Press, 1981. — 298 p. — (Contemporary Issues in the Middle East).In addition to tracing the events involved in the growing intervention by Arab states in Palestine, this book attempts to analyze two specific
issues. How did internal conditions in the various Arab countries affect their involvement in Palestine? How did the network of alliances and
conflict among the Arab governments shape their Palestine policies?
How can one hope to understand the conflict without exploring this essential dimension? If Arab nations have spilled so much passion, spent
many lives and so many billions of dollars over this issue—and remain willing to do so—the tale of how they arrived at this position must be a
compelling and revealing one. This story should be expected to reveal important principles of international relations and of the connections between domestic politics and foreign policy.
