The Middle East and the United States : perceptions and policies / edited by Haim Shaked, Itamar Rabinovich.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The transition from a British to an American era in the Middle East / Elie Kedourie -- The United States and the Middle East : how many special relationships? / Wilfrid Knapp -- Objectives of U.S. Middle East policy / Richard Rosecrance -- United States interests in the Middle East / Bernard Reich -- The Carter approach to the Arab-Israeli dispute / Steven L. Spiegel -- The European Community and the United States in the Arab world : political competition or partnership? / Udo Steinbach -- The U.S. role in the Middle East : the Soviet perspective / Yaacov Ro'i -- The United States, Turkey, and Iran / Bernard Lewis -- The challenge of diversity : American policy and the system of inter-Arab relations, 1973-1977 / Itamar Rabinovich -- Libya and the United States : a relationship of self-fulfilling expectations? / Gideon Gera -- The economics of interdependence : the United States and the Arab world, 1973-1977 / Gad G. Gilbar -- The short-term effectiveness of an Arab oil embargo / Uzi B. Arad -- Egypt's reorientation towards the U.S. : factors and conditions of decision making / Shimon Shamir -- A stereotype illustrated : an Egyptian cartoonist's perception of the United States / Haim Shaked -- The implications of infitāh ̣for U.S.-Egyptian relations / John Waterbury -- Some political and strategic implications of an American Israeli defense treaty / Yair Evron -- International guarantees and the Middle East conflict / Yoram Dinstein.