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A review of the book “Security Issues in the Greater Middle East,” edited by Karl Yambert, is presented.

The article reviews the book "Constitutional Politics in the Middle East: With Special Reference to Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan," edited by Saïd Amir Arjomand, with essays by Linda T. Darling, Nathan J. Brown, Ann Elizabeth Mayer, Hootan Shambayati, Mehmet Fevzi Bilgin, Barnett R. Rubin and Andrew Arato.

The article reviews the book "The Politics of Chaos in the Middle East," by Olivier Roy.

Reviews several books on Middle Eastern politics and culture. "Imagining the Modern: The Cultures of Nationalism in Cyrus," by Rebecca Bryant; "Britain, the Six-Day War and Its Aftermath," by Frank Brenchley; "The Foreign Policy of Middle East States," edited by Raymond Hinnebusch and Anoushiravan Ehteshami; "Inheriting Syria: Bashshar's Trial by Fire," by Flynt L. Leverett; Others.

Reviews the book "Violence in the Middle East: From Political Struggle to Self Sacrifice," by Hamit Bozarslan.

Reviews the book "The Middle East Strategic Balance: 2003-2004," by Shai Feldman and Yiftah Shapir.

Reviews several books on the politics and government in the Middle East. Inclusion of 'The Making of the Modern Near East (1987),' by Malcolm Yapp; 'International Politics and the Middle East,' by Leon Carl Brown; 'Eastern Question,' by Albert Sorel.

Reviews several books on the Middle East politics. `The Dream Palace of the Arabs,' by Fouad Ajami; `Rethinking Modernity and National Identity in Turkey,' edited by Sibal Bozdogan and Risat Kasaba; `Muslim Politics,' by Dale F. Eichelman and James Piscatori.

Reviews two books of Fred Halliday about politics in two Middle East countries. "Arabia Without Sultans"; "Iran: Dictatorship and Development."

The article reviews the book "The Politics of Miscalculation in the Middle East," by Richard B. Parker.

During the first oil regime (from approximately 1900 to 1970), the governments of Britain and the United States shared control of Middle Eastern petroleum with the major oil corporations. Case studies concerning the struggle for dominance among states and corporations demonstrate that the balance of power during this period changed between the two sets of actors. In the 1920s, the British state dominated Near East politics and the oil companies. In the 1940s, however, the U.S. replaced Britain as the dominant power in the region. Despite being the stronger power, America was the weaker state. Because of institutional pluralism and ideological orientation, the U.S. government was less able than Britain to control private capital. Corporations became the dominant actors who controlled Middle Eastern oil during the rest of the regime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a review of the book "Het Midden-Oosten, The times they are a-changin'," edited by Sami Semni