This work traces developments in Soviet policy on the Arab-Israeli conflict and toward the Gulf region during the last years of the Cold War, as a prelude to analysis of the Soviet role in the 1990-91 Gulf conflict. Noting the significance of this brief interlude of superpower co-operation in the Middle East, attention then shifts to Russia's new goals following the break-up of the Soviet Union and attitudes toward the Middle East in the Central Asian republics. Background material on Central Asia dispells commonly held ...
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This work traces developments in Soviet policy on the Arab-Israeli conflict and toward the Gulf region during the last years of the Cold War, as a prelude to analysis of the Soviet role in the 1990-91 Gulf conflict. Noting the significance of this brief interlude of superpower co-operation in the Middle East, attention then shifts to Russia's new goals following the break-up of the Soviet Union and attitudes toward the Middle East in the Central Asian republics. Background material on Central Asia dispells commonly held myths about Islamic identity on this little-known area. The book shows the effect of changing East-West relations on both the Middle East and Soviet policy in the area. Other works by Rosemary Hollis include "Seeds of Conflict in the Middle East" and "Whatever Happened to the Damascus Declaration".
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