TY - BOOK AU - TIBI Bassam TI - Conflict and war in the Middle East: from interstate war to new security SN - 0333652630 (pbk.): PY - 1998/// CY - Basingstoke, U.K. PB - Macmillan KW - ARAB ISRAELI WAR 1967 KW - ARAB ISRAELI WAR 1973 KW - GULF WAR KW - MIDDLE EAST KW - REGIONAL SECURITY N2 - Argues that regional conflicts particularly in the Middle East have their own dynamics and are not an extension of global conflict, thus the end of superpower rivalry will not automatically conclude such conflicts. The book deals with the wars from the Six Day War of 1967 to the Gulf War of 1991. Suggests that growing integration and the bolstering of weak nominal states will improve regional security and should preclude interstate wars in the future ER -