Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Notes on authors -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Middle East politics: patterns of continuity and change -- Part I Dynamics in Middle East politics -- 2 The burden of history: from empire to nation states? -- 3 The legacy of Islam: continuity and change -- Part II The Northern Belt -- 4 The Republic of Turkey -- 5 The Islamic Republic of Iran -- Part III The Fertile Crescent -- 6 The Republic of Iraq
7 The Syrian Arab Republic and the Lebanese Republic8 Israel and Palestine -- Part IV West and east of the Red Sea -- 9 The Arab Republic of Egypt -- 10 The Arab Gulf states and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) -- Index
