War, Institutions, and Social Change in the

A fresh look at the effects of war on state and society in the Middle East, challenging traditional assumptions based on European experience. The authors argue that war has destabilized Middle Eastern states and eroded national cohesion.

Steven Heydemann is Associate Professor of Political Science at Columbia University in New York City

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War, Institutions, and Social Change in the Middle East

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Steven Heydemann

PART ONE WAR, STATE, AND MARKETS IN THE MIDDLE EAST: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF WORLD WARS I AND II

Guns, Gold, and Grain: War and Food Supply in the Making of Transjordan

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Tariq Tell

The Climax and Crisis of the Colonial Welfare State in Syria and Lebanon during World War II

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Elizabeth Thompson

War, Keynesianism, and Colonialism: Explaining State-Market Relations in the Postwar Middle East

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Robert Vitalis

Steven Heydemann

PART TWO WAR, STATE, AND SOCIETY IN THE CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EAST

Si Vis Stabilitatem, Para Bellum: State Building, National Security, and War Preparation in Syria

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Volker Perthes

Changing Boundaries and Social Crisis: Israel and the 1967 War

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Joel S. Migdal

War as Leveler, War as Midwife: Palestinian Political Institutions, Nationalism, and Society since 1948

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Yezid Sayigh

War in the Social Memory of Egyptian Peasants

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Reem Saad

War as a Vehicle for the Rise and Demise of a State-Controlled Society: The Case of Ba`thist Iraq

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Isam al-Khafaji

The Political Economy of Civil War in Lebanon

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Elizabeth Picard

PART THREE. CONCLUSION

The Cumulative Impact of Middle Eastern Wars

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Roger Owen

Selected Bibliography

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List of Contributors

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Index

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