Preface; Introduction; 1. On the eve: Soviet policy toward the Middle East from World War II until the invasion of Afghanistan; 2. Soviet policy from the invasion of Afghanistan until the death of Brezhnev; 3. The interregnum: Moscow and the Middle East under Andropov and Chernenko; 4. Moscow and the Middle East under Gorbachev: new thinking in theory and practice; 5. Conclusion: continuity and change in Soviet policy toward the Middle East; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Professor Freedman provides an exhaustive account of Soviet policy in the Middle East from the invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 to withdrawal from the country ten years later.
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