Jordan in the Middle East, 1948-1988: The Making of Pivotal State

318 Pages·1994·12.809 MB·English

by  Joseph Nevo (editor), Illan Pappé (editor)

JORDAN
IN THE
MIDDLE EAST
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JORDAN
IN THE
MIDDLE EAST
The Making of a Pivotal State
1948-1988
Edited by
Joseph Nevo and Ilan Pappe
University of Haifa
First published in 1994 by
FRANK CASS & CO. LTD
This edition published 2013 by Routledge
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Jordan in the Middle East: Making of a
Pivotal State, 1948-1988
I. Nevo, Joseph II. Pappe, Han
956.95
ISBN 0-7146-3454-9
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Jordan in the Middle East: the making of a pivotal state, 1948-1988/ edited by
Joseph Nevo and Han Pappe.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-7146-3454-9
1. Jordan-Politics and government. I. Nevo, Joseph. II. Pappe,
Han.
DS154.55.J67 1994
956.9504'4-dc20 94-4617
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In memory of Professor Uriel Dann,
a teacher, a colleague and a friend
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Contents
List of Maps
IX
Acknowledgements
Xl
Introduction Joseph Neva and Ilan Pappe 1
Part I Jordan on the Eve oft he 1990s
1 The Hashemite Monarchy 1948-88: The
Constant and the Changing-
An Integration Uriel Dann 15
2 Jordan Facing the 1990s: Location,
Metropolis, Water Arnon Soffer 26
3 jordan's Economy, 1970-90: The Primacy
of Exogenous Factors Gil Feiler 45
4 Jordan between Hashemite and
Palestinian Identity Ilan Pappe 61
Part II The Regional System
5 Jordan in Asad's Greater Syria Strategy Moshe Ma'oz 95
6 Jordan and Saudi Arabia: The Last
Royalists Joseph Neva 103
7 No New Fertile Crescent: Iraqi-Jordanian·
Relations, 1968-92 Amatzia Baram 119
8 The State and the Tribe: Egypt and Jordan,
1948-88 Ilan Pappe 161
Vlll Jordan in the Middle East
9 Jordan and Inter-Arab Relations: An
Overview Gabriel Ben-Dor 189
Part III Jordan, Israel and the Palestinians
10 Jordan, the PLO and the Palestine
Question Asher Susser 211
11 Jordanian-Israeli Peace Negotiations
afterthe Six Day War, 1967-69:
The View from Jerusalem Yair Hirschfeld 229
12 jordan's 'Israeli Option' Dan Schueftan 254
Part IV The International Scene
13 Jordan in World Politics Adam Garfinkle 285
Notes on Contributors 303
List of Maps
Jordan as a crossroads during the Nabatean era 29
Jordan as an international crossroads 33
The built-up area of Metropolitan Amman 37
Jordan's water map
40