List of maps
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chronology
Introduction
The Arab-Israeli conflict : ways of war
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict : hostages to history
Superpower conflict in the Middle East : war by proxy
Generation jihad : conflict in the name of Islam?
Sectarian conflict : Lebanon, state without a nation
Ethnic conflict : the forgotten Kurds
War in the Gulf : Iran and Iraq 1980-1989
The Kuwait crisis : brother versus brother
The politics of conflict and failure of peacemaking
No end to the storm : 9/11 and the war in Iraq
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index.