The Middle East.

Preface
Overview of the Middle East
Fifteen centuries of Islam
Unity and diversity
Islam and the West
Arabia : birthplace of the Muslim community
Foundations of Islamic faith and practice
Islam today
The struggle in Islam
Arab-Israeli conflict
Origins of the conflict
The British mandate
Partition of Palestine
Early Arab-Israeli relations
The 1956 Suez crisis and war
Arab rivalries
The June 1967 war
The October 1973 war
Rise of the PLO
Camp David Accords
Israel at war in Lebanon
Diplomacy, 1982-1987
The Intifada, 1987-1991
The U.S.-PLO dialogue
Seeds of agreement
Post-Oslo
Camp David, the al-Aqsa Intifada, and the end of Oslo
Israeli unilateralism and post-Arafat politics
Outlook
Persian Gulf conflicts
The Iran-Iraq rivalry
The Iran-Iraq war, 1980-1988
The Persian Gulf crisis, 1990-1991
Persian Gulf war, 1991
Containing Iraq
The Iraq war, 2003
Postwar developments
Islamist extremism and terrorism
Iran's drive for nuclear capability
Pakistan, the "Islamic bomb," and relations with the Taliban and Afghanistan
Gulf Cooperation Council
Outlook
Middle Eastern oil and gas
History
Prices plummet
The Persian Gulf crisis and war
Twenty-first-century recovery
Peak oil
Growing demand : China and India
Caspian Sea petroleum
Economic diversification
Natural gas
Outlook
U.S. Policy in the Middle East
The Executive Branch
Congress
The public and foreign policy
U.S. Middle East Policy
Outlook
Profiles
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Palestinian Authority
Persian Gulf states
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Turkey
Yemen
Appendix
Chronology of events, 1900-2006
Major Middle Eastern wars, 1948-2006.