Ideology and Power in the Middle East

Forward - David Pierpont Gardner ix

Preface - Peter J. Chelkowski and Robert J. Pranger xi

The Life and Work of George Lenczowski - Peter J. Chelkowski 1

A Bibliography of the Publications and Lectures of George Lenczowski - Peter J. Chelkowski 5

Introduction: Ideology and Power in the Middle East - Robert. J. Pranger 14

Part 1: Royalist Authoritarianism

Iran: The Nature of the Pahlavi Monarchy - Gholam Reza Afkhami 31

Saudi Arabia: Traditionalism versus Modernism - A Royal Dilemma? - Hermann Frederick Eitls 56

Jordan: Balancing Pluralism and Authoritarianism - Peter Gubser 86

Labor Politics, Economic Change, and the Modernization of Autocracy in Contemporary Bahrain - Fred Lawson 115

Part 2: Radical and Reformist Military Regimes

Approaches to the Understanding of Egypt - Robert Springborg 137

Ba'thist Ethics and the Spirit of State Capitalism: Patronage and the Party in Contemporary Syria - Yahya M. Sadowski 160

Iraq: Its Revolutionary Experience under the Ba'th - Phebe Marr 185

State-Building and Political Construction in the Yemen Arab Republic, 1962-1977 - Robert Burrowes 210

Part 3: Marxist Movements and Governments

The Non-Communist Left in Iran: The Case of the Mujahidin - Sepehr Zabih 241

Ideology versus Pragmatism in South Yemen, 1968-1986 - Manfred Wenner 259

The PDPA Regime in Afghanistan: A Soviet Model for the Future of the Middle East - Ralph H. Magnus 274

Part 4: Challenges to Democratic Practices and Principles

Israel: The Politics of the Second Generation - Emmanuel Gutmann 299

Turkey: Democratic Framework and Military Control - Jacob M. Landau 313

Lebanon: The Role of External Forces in Confessional Pluralism - Edward Azar 325

Part 5: Islamic Fundamentalism

Ex Oriente Nebula: An Inquiry into the Nature of Khomeini's Ideology - Roger Savory 339

Part 6: Libertarian Movements

The PLO: Millennium and Organization - John Amos 365

Kurdish Nationalism - Arthur Campbell Turner 379

Part 7: Problems in Strategy and Security

The Persian Gulf: Stability, Access to Oil, and Security - John Duke Anthony 413

The Dimensions of American Foreign Policy in the Middle East - Robert J. Pranger 433

Notes 455

Index 507

About the Editors and Contributors 527