War, Institutions, and Social Change in the Middle East
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. War, Institutions, and Social Change in the Middle East -- 2. Guns, Gold, and Grain: War and Food Supply in the Making of Transjordan -- 3. The Climax and Crisis of the Colonial Welfare State in Syria and Lebanon during World War II -- 4. War, Keynesianism, and Colonialism: Explaining State-Market Relations in the Postwar Middle East Robert Vitalis and Steven Heydemann -- 5. Si Vis Stabilitatem, Para Bellum: State Building, National Security, and War Preparation in Syria -- 6. Changing Boundaries and Social Crisis Israel and the 1967 War -- 7. War as Leveler, War as Midwife Palestinian Political Institutions, Nationalism, and Society since 1948 -- 8. War in the Social Memory of Egyptian Peasants -- 9. War as a Vehicle for the Rise and Demise of a State-Controlled Society: The Case of Ba'thist Iraq -- 10. The Political Economy of Civil War in Lebanon -- 11. The Cumulative Impact of Middle Eastern Wars -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- List of Contributors -- INDEX