Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. On the eve: Soviet policy toward the Middle East from World War II until the invasion of Afghanistan; 2. Soviet policy from the invasion of Afghanistan until the death of Brezhnev; 3. The interregnum: Moscow and the Middle East under Andropov and Chernenko; 4. Moscow and the Middle East under Gorbachev: new thinking in theory and practice; 5. Conclusion: continuity and change in Soviet policy toward the Middle East; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Promotional Information

Professor Freedman provides an exhaustive account of Soviet policy in the Middle East from the invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 to withdrawal from the country ten years later.