The Struggle for the Middle East: The Soviet Union and the Middle East 1958-68
by Laqueur, Walter
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Viking Press, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. Brand New copy of stated First American edition, now protected by archival Brodart cover. 360 pages with Notes, Bibliography, Documents and Index. Pictorial jacket with color map of Middle East. Publisher's decorative yellow topstain; rough cut pages. This book, first published in 1969, surveys Soviet policies and Middle Eastern responses during the turbulent 1960s. It deals with changing moods of Turkey and Iran, the Arab-Israeli conflict in the context of big power rivalry in the Middle East, the Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean, and the new Soviet interest in Gulf oil. The author also reviews the changing orientations of Middle Eastern communism in the new age of polycentrism.
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- Modern First Editions Boston (US)
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- Title
- The Struggle for the Middle East: The Soviet Union and the Middle East 1958-68
- Author
- Laqueur, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Date Published
- 1983
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