Archive Report
Archive Report
Interplay of Arab and World Rivalries
Since World War II no region of the world has produced more crises than the Middle East. Hardly a year has passed without outbreaks or threats of violence, internal or international, in which one or more of the great powers have been either active participants or anxious spectators. War of the Arab states against Israel, riots and revolution in Egypt, Anglo-French armed intervention at Suez, revolution in Iraq, American troop landings in revolt-ridden Lebanon, and lesser disturbances have punctuated the years. The Soviet Union, far from holding aloof, has helped with arms and propaganda to keep the region in turmoil.
East and West came to blows in Korea. That eventuality has been avoided so far in the Middle East, as ...