Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-296) and index.
Introduction -- Debating state governance -- A theory of debating state governance -- Yugoslavia and the emerging Cold War, 1947-53 -- Yugoslavia and the waning Cold War, 1987-91 -- Lebanon, the Cold War penetration, and the rise of Nasserism, 1957-58 -- Lebanon and the metamorphosis of Arab-Israeli relations, 1973-75 -- Summary, alternative explanations, and implications