Using official information and secondary sources, the author, a former ambassador to the Middle East specializing in economic and trade matters, provides a detailed survey of developments since World War II, emphasizing the relationship between economic conditions and political developments.

Using official information and secondary sources, the author, a former ambassador to the Middle East specializing in economic and trade matters, provides a detailed survey of developments since World War II, emphasizing the relationship between economic conditions and political developments.

The UK economy after World War II
the Middle East economies after World War II
the emergence of Israel
trade between Britain and the Middle East 1946-50
the Iranian oil crisis
arms exports policy 1945-55
the Egyptian revolution
the Buraimi dispute
the economy of independent Sudan
decline to Suez
the Iraqi revolution
trade between Britain and the Middle East 1950-60
Egypt's arab socialism
the Arabian peninsula and north-west Africa
the six-day war and its aftermath
oil developments in the 1960s
Britain's withdrawal from "East of Suez"
trade between Britain and the Middle East 1960-70
British membership of the EEC
oil developments in the early 1970s
the yom kippur war and the first oil shock
Lebanon and the Civil War of 1975-6
Egypt under Sadat
price rise consequences for the oil producers
the Iranian revolution and the second oil shock
trade between Britain and the Middle East 1970-80
industrial development in the Arabian peninsula
post-revolutionary Iran and the gulf war
Israel and the invasion of Lebanon
oil gluts in the 1980s
trade between Britain and the Middle East 1980-87
retrospect 1973-1987 and prospect.