Primakov, E. M.  <br/><br/>
Russia and the Arabs :   behind the scenes in the Middle East from the Cold War to the present /  
Yevgeny Primakov ; translated from the Russian by Paul Gould. 
 - New York :   Basic Books,   2009. 
 - x, 418 p. ;    25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>The nationalist revolutionaries -- A failed chance for Arab-Israeli relations -- The inevitable confrontation with the west -- National interests take precedence over Arab unity -- The Soviet Union and the Arab world: a difficult path to closer ties -- The lost cause of Communism -- America steps forward -- The beginning and end of the six-day war -- USA: tactics in the new Middle East -- Hidden pressures behind the Yom Kippur War of 1973 -- The making of the Israel-Egypt peace treaty -- Lebanon in the eye of a storm -- A return to a harder line -- The Arafat phenomenon -- The Soviet Union and Israel -- The phenomenon that was Saddam Hussein -- The sage of the Kurds -- A nuclear shadow over the Arab-Israeli conflict -- The future of the Middle East. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780465004751 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East --Foreign relations --Russia (Federation)<br/>Middle East --Foreign relations --Soviet Union.<br/>Middle East --Politics and government --1945-<br/>Russia (Federation) --Foreign relations --Middle East.<br/>Soviet Union --Foreign relations --Middle East.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS63.1   /  .P772513 2009