Book Reviews : The United States and the Middle East. Edited by GEORGIANA G. STEVENS. (Engle wood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1964. Pp. viii, 182. $3.95 cloth; $1.95 paper.)
| Published date | 01 December 1964 |
| Author | Fred H. Winkler |
| Date | 01 December 1964 |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591296401700465 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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led
to
believe
that
there
are
still
but
two
legislative
chambers
in
Yugoslavia.
In
a
book
published
in
1964,
whose
Introduction
bares
the
dates
of
August
1963,
an
edi-
torial
footnote
would
and
should
have
pointed
out
that
this
had
been
changed
by
the
new
(third)
Yugoslav
constitution
of
April
1963
providing
for
a
Federal
Assembly
composed
of
five
chambers.
Because
of the lack of
comprehensive
introductory
notes
and
of
all
explanatory
footnotes,
the
book
will
be
of
scant
use
in
undergraduate
courses
dealing
with
politi-
cal
thought,
though
there
are
certain
sections
which
the
undergraduate
will
be
able
to
read with
benefit.
This
pertains
primarily
to
those
sections
in
which
the
meaning
of
political
concepts
is
clarified,
such
as
the
lucid
articles
by
Hans
Kelsen
on
&dquo;Foun-
dations
of
Democracy&dquo;
and
by
Samuel
P.
Huntington
on
&dquo;Conservatism
As
an
Ideology.&dquo;
GEORGE
V.
WOLFE
The
College
of
Idaho
The
United
States
and
the
Middle
East.
Edited
by
GEORGIANA
G.
STEVENS.
(Engle-
wood
Cliffs,
N.J.:
Prentice-Hall,
Inc.,
1964.
Pp.
viii,
182.
$3.95
cloth;
$1.95
paper.)
This
book
is
one
in
the
series
of
background
papers
produced
for
The
American
Assembly,
Columbia
University,
covering
the
relations
between
the
United
States
and
various
regions
of
the
globe.
Although
it is
concerned
primarily
with
the
Arab
lands
of
the
Middle
East,
the
essays
in
this
volume
range
over
a
wider
geographical
area
at
times,
including
Israel,
the
non-Arab
Muslim
countries
of
Turkey
and
Iran,
and
the
Arab
states
of
North
Africa.
Most
of
the
essays
center
around
an
analysis
of
current
problems
involving
these
areas
as
well
as
American
policy
and
are
set
against
a
historical
background
which
enhances
the
value
of
the
discussion.
As
a
result
the
book
should
be
most
useful
for
the
general
reader
or
the
non-specialist
who
seeks
an
understanding
of
this
critical
area
in
American
foreign
policy.
This
volume
is
the
work
of
several
experts
in
Middle
Eastern
affairs
whose
essays
blend
together
to
provide
a
clear
over-all
picture
of
this
area
and
its
place
in
the
Soviet-American
struggle.
Woven
through
the
book
are
certain
major
threads:
Arab
socialism
and
the
drive
for
economic,
social,
and
political
modernization
(William
R.
Polk’s
&dquo;Social
Modernization:
the
New
Men&dquo;
is
one
of
the
best
essays
in
the
book) ;
nationalism
and
the
quest
for
independence;
the
dream
of
and
obstacles
to
Arab
unity;
the
attractiveness
of
neutralism
as
a
response
to
the
cold
war.
The
relationship
between
domestic
problems,
intra-Arab
relations,
and
international
de-
velopments
is
made
clear
as
is
the
fact
that
neither
the
Arabs
nor
the
Americans
can
always
control
the
factors
which
will
condition
their
policies.
J.
C.
Hurewitz
sums
up
these
relationships
succinctly
when
he
declares
that
&dquo;the
politics
of
moderniza-
tion
becomes
the
politics
of
subversion&dquo;
and
&dquo;the
politics
of
modernization
becomes
the
politics
of
the
Cold
War.&dquo;
Although
Richard
H.
Nolte
deals
specifically
with
American
policy
toward
the
Middle
East,
several
other
authors
discuss
the
impact
of
the
United
States
and
the
Middle
East
upon
each
other.
Nolte
recounts
at
length
American
efforts
to
devise
a
policy
to
meet
the
problems
posed
by
this
region.
Generally
critical
of
American
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