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The Middle East, 1977

Book Reviews

On the Middle East

by Alvin Z. Rubinstein

Current History, January 1977, p. 28

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  Issues of 1977 = 10 Issues, 98 Articles
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    January 1977 Issue = 10 Articles
    1. Tragedy in Lebanon by Norman F. Howard, pp. 1-5
    2. The Economic Development of Saudi Arabia: An Overview by Ramon Knauerhase, pp. 6-10
    3. Turkey: Shadows of Conflict by Dwight James Simpson, pp. 11-14
    4. Iran's New Industrial State by Ann T. Schulz, pp. 15-18
    5. The Egypt of Anwar Sadat by Alvin Z. Rubinstein, pp. 19-21
    6. Israel's Time of Tranquility by Bernard Reich, pp. 22-24
    7. Psychological Dimensions of the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Alon Ben-Meir, pp. 25-27
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      Book Reviews by Alvin Z. Rubinstein, p. 28 - 9 Reviews
      1. Israel Divided by Rael Jean Isaac
      2. In the Anglo-Arab Labyrinth by Elie Kedourie
      3. Saudi Arabia and Oil Diplomacy by Sheikh Rustum Ali
      4. Soviet Propaganda: A Case Study of the Middle East Conflict by Baruch A. Hazan
      5. OPEC: Success and Prospects by Dankwart A. Rustow and John F. Mugno
      6. The Arabs in Israel by Sabri Jiryis
      7. Arafat: The Man and the Myth by Thomas Kiernan
      8. The Executive, Congress, and Foreign Policy by John F. Lehman
      9. Political Leadership in Korea by Dae-Sook Suh and Chae-Jin Lee
    9. Current Documents, pp. 29-42
    10. The Month in Review, pp. 43-50
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    February 1977 Issue = 11 Articles
    1. Cuba's Developing Policies by George W. Grayson, pp. 49-52
    2. Brazil: Walking the Tightrope by Robin L. Anderson, pp. 53-56
    3. Argentina's Military Government by David C. Jordan, pp. 57-60
    4. The Peruvian Revolution in Crisis by David P. Werlich, pp. 61-64
    5. Panama: A Search for Independence by E. Bradford Burns, pp. 65-67
    6. Inequality in Colombia by Dieter K. Zschock, pp. 68-72
    7. Authoritarian Uruguay by Arturo C. Porzecanski, pp. 73-75
    8. Kissinger's Legacy: A Latin American Policy by Francis P. Kessler, pp. 76-78
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      Book Reviews by O.E.S., p. 79 - 10 Reviews
      1. Peru: A Cultural History by Henry F. Dobyns and Paul L. Doughty
      2. Peruvian Nationalism: A Corporatist Revolution by David Chaplin
      3. Allende's Chile by Philip O'Brien
      4. Struggle in the Countryside by Brian Loveman
      5. Allende's Chile by Stefan de Vylder
      6. Maya by Charles Gallenkamp
      7. The Failure of Union: Central America, 1824-1960 by Thomas L. Karnes
      8. Modernization, Exploitation and Dependency in Latin America by Joseph A. Kahl
      9. Argentina, 1943-1976 by Donald Clark Hodges
      10. United States Policy Towards Latin America by Lewis A. Tambs
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      Miscellany Politics in the Sudan, by Peter K. Bechtold by Alvin Z. Rubinstein, pp. 80-88 - 3 Reviews
      1. Politics in the Sudan by Peter K. Bechtold
      2. The Finnish Dilemma by George Maude
      3. Henry Wallace, Harry Truman, and the Cold War by Richard J. Walton
    11. The Month in Review, pp. 89-98
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    March 1977 Issue = 10 Articles
    1. Mexican Foreign Policy by George W. Grayson, pp. 97-101
    2. Mexico's Government in Crisis by Salvatore Bizzarro, pp. 102-105
    3. Mexico's Population Pressures by Marvin Alisky, pp. 106-110
    4. Income Inequality in Mexico by David Felix, pp. 111-114
    5. Mexican Education: Echeverria's Mixed Legacy by Giorgio Perissinotto, pp. 115-119
    6. Women in Mexican Society by Victoria Junco Meyer, pp. 120-123
    7. Echeverria's Economic Policy by Calvin P. Blair, pp. 124-127
    8. Current Documents, p. 128
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      Book Reviews by O.E.S., pp. 129-136 - 1 Review
      1. Contemporary Mexico by James W. Wilkie, Michael C. Meyer, and Edna Monzon de Wilkie, ...
    10. The Month in Review, pp. 137-146
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    April 1977 Issue = 11 Articles
    1. Canada and the United States: A Special Relationship by Richard H. Leach, pp. 145-149
    2. Canada's Foreign Policy by Peter Regenstreif, pp. 150-153
    3. Separatism and Quebec by Kenneth M. Glazier, pp. 154-157
    4. Currents in Canadian Politics by Henry S. Albinski, pp. 158-161
    5. Canadian Agriculture Today by Terrence S. Veeman and Michele M. Veeman, pp. 162-165
    6. Controlling Inflation in Canada by M.L. Kliman, pp. 166-169
    7. The Great Decade for Canadian Women by Florence Bird, pp. 170-172
    8. The Canadian Military by R.B. Byers, pp. 173-175
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      Book Reviews by O.E.S., p. 176 - 2 Reviews
      1. Canada by Barry M. Gough
      2. Government in Canada by Thomas A. Hockin
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      Miscellany Soviet-American Academic Exchanges, 1958-1975,..., pp. 176-183 - 12 Reviews
      1. Soviet-American Academic Exchanges, 1958-1975 by Robert F. Byrnes
      2. The Arabs, Israelis, and Kissinger by Edward R.F. Sheehan
      3. Communism in Italy and France by Donald L.M. Blackmer and Sidney Tarrow
      4. Politics and Class Formation in Uganda by Mahmood Mamdani
      5. Class Struggles in Tanzania by Issa G. Shivji
      6. Kenya: Into the Second Decade by John Burrows
      7. Foreign Policy in World Politics by Roy Macridis
      8. The War of Atonement: October, 1973 by Chaim Herzog
      9. Understanding World Politics by Kenneth W. Thompson
      10. The Kuril Islands by John J. Stephan
      11. Russia and Black Africa Before World War II by Edward Thomas Wilson
      12. Jawaharlal Nehru: A Biography, Vol. I: 1889-1947 by Sarvepalli Gopal
    11. The Month in Review, pp. 184-194
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    May 1977 Issue = 8 Articles
    1. The Nation's Health Today by Richard M. Scheffler and Lynn Paringer, pp. 193-195
    2. Government and Health Before the New Deal by William G. Carleton, pp. 196-197
    3. The New Deal and National Health by Roy Lubove, pp. 198-200
    4. Federal Involvement in Health Care After 1945 by Leda R. Judd, pp. 201-206
    5. Health Employment and the Nation's Health by Christine E. Bishop, pp. 207-210
    6. Health Facilities in the United States by Dorothy P. Rice, pp. 211-214
    7. Prescription Drugs: Problems for Public Policy by Mark C. Hornbrook, pp. 215-230
    8. Two Months in Review, pp. 231-242
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    July 1977 Issue = 9 Articles
    1. Health Care and the Patient's Needs by Mary W. Herman, pp. 1-4
    2. The Right to Health Care by Benjamin B. Page, pp. 5-8
    3. Voluntary Health Insurance by Walter J. McNerney, pp. 9-12
    4. The Case for National Health Insurance by Max W. Fine, pp. 13-16
    5. National Health Insurance: A Social Placebo? by Keith Leffler, pp. 17-21
    6. Medical Malpractice Suits by Douglas Conrad, pp. 22-26
    7. The British National Health Service in International Perspective by Joseph G. Simanis, pp. 27-29
    8. Book Reviews by Virginia C. Knight, pp. 30-38
    9. Two Months in Review, pp. 39-50
  7. [+]
    September 1977 Issue = 9 Articles
    1. China After Mao by O. Edmund Clubb, pp. 49-53
    2. The Foreign Policy of the People's Republic by Donald W. Klein, pp. 54-58
    3. China's Great Wall: The People's Liberation Army by Harvey W. Nelsen, pp. 59-62
    4. China's Energy Performance by Vaclav Smil, pp. 63-67
    5. The Chinese Economy After the "Gang of Four" by Jan S. Prybyla, pp. 68-72
    6. The Planned Birth Program in China by Kuan-I Chen, pp. 73-78
    7. "Politics" in Chinese Higher Education by C.T. Hu, pp. 79-83
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      Book Reviews, pp. 84-89 - 10 Reviews
      1. Comrade Chiang Ch'ing by Roxane Witke
      2. China Policy by A. Doak Barnett
      3. Soviet and Chinese Negotiating Behavior by Louis J. Samelson
      4. The Sino-Soviet Confrontation by Harold C. Hinton
      5. China's Foreign Aid by John Franklin Copper
      6. Sun Yat-Sen: Frustrated Patriot by C. Martin Wilbur
      7. Law and Politics in China's Foreign Trade by Victor H. Li
      8. Deviance and Social Control in Chinese Society by Amy Auerbacher Wilson and Sidney Leonard Greenblatt, ...
      9. The Military and Politics in Modern Times by Amos Perlmutter
      10. Politics, Economy, and Society in Contemporary China by Bill Brugger
    9. The Month in Review, pp. 90-98
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    October 1977 Issue = 10 Articles
    1. Soviet Strategic Capabilities: The Superpower "Balance" by C.G. Jacobsen, pp. 97-99
    2. Soviet Policy in Africa and the Middle East by John C. Campbell, pp. 100-104
    3. Soviet Policy in Europe by Alvin Z. Rubinstein, pp. 105-108
    4. Brezhnev's Year: Politics in the U.S.S.R. by Robert G. Wesson, pp. 109-111
    5. Dissent and Repression in the Soviet Union by Robert Sharlet, pp. 112-117
    6. Soviet Agriculture and United States-Soviet Relations by D. Gale Johnson, pp. 118-122
    7. The Development of Soviet Asia by Robert N. North, pp. 123-127
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      Book Reviews, p. 128 - 8 Reviews
      1. Red Star on the Nile by Alvin Z. Rubinstein
      2. Psychiatric Terror by Sidney Bloch and Peter Reddaway
      3. A History of Russia by Basil Dmytryshyn
      4. The Soviet Union and International Oil Politics by Arthur Jay Klinghoffer
      5. The Troubled Detente by Albert Loren Weeks
      6. Detente and the Democratic Movement in the USSR by Frederick C. Barghoorn
      7. Soviet Propaganda: A Case Study of the Middle East Conflict by Baruch A. Hazan
      8. In the Name of the People by Adam B. Ulam
    9. Current Documents, pp. 129-138
    10. The Month in Review, pp. 139-146
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    November 1977 Issue = 10 Articles
    1. The United States and West Europe by John Starrels, pp. 145-148
    2. Political Uncertainty in France by Edward Whiting Fox and James O. Safford III, pp. 149-152
    3. British Politics in 1977 by Arthur Cyr, pp. 153-155
    4. West Germany: A Balance Sheet by Gerard Braunthal, pp. 156-159
    5. Italy: A New Adventurey by Pellegrino Nazzaro, pp. 160-164
    6. The Political Transformation of Spain by Stanley G. Payne, pp. 165-168
    7. Portugal's Crisis by George W. Grayson, pp. 169-173
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      Book Reviews, pp. 174-175 - 9 Reviews
      1. Western Europe: The Trials of Partnership by David S. Landes
      2. The Last Kaiser by Michael Sidney Tyler-Whittle
      3. Policy-Making in the European Community by Helen Wallace, William Wallace, and Carole Webb
      4. Arms Control and European Security by Joseph I. Coffey
      5. The Impact of Hitler by Maurice Cowling
      6. A Life Apart by Standish Meacham
      7. Yearbook on International Communist Affairs, 1977 by Richard F. Staar
      8. On the Edge of Destruction by Celia S. Heller
      9. Hitler's War by David Irving
    9. Current Documents, pp. 176-184
    10. The Month in Review, pp. 185-194
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    December 1977 Issue = 10 Articles
    1. United States Policy in Africa by Richard E. Bissell, pp. 193-195
    2. North Africa: The Eye of the Storm by William H. Lewis, pp. 196-198
    3. Conflict in the African Horn by Feraidoon Shams B., pp. 199-204
    4. Whither East Africa? by W.A.E. Skurnik, pp. 205-208
    5. South Africa and Namibia by Richard Dale, pp. 209-213
    6. The Decline of Ghana's Military Government by Jon Kraus, pp. 214-217
    7. Rhodesia and Her Neighbors by Richard W. Hull, pp. 218-222
    8. [+]
      Book Reviews, pp. 223-229 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Encyclopedia Africana Dictionary of African Biography, Vol. I by L.H. Ofosu-Appiah
      2. The Political Implications of Soviet Military Power by Lawrence L. Whetten
    9. The Month in Review, pp. 230-235
    10. Index: January-December 1977 Volumes 72 and 73 Numbers 423-432, pp. 236-242
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