The causes of the October War in Israel can be traced to the political, economic, and strategic processes that occurred in the Middle East in 1967-1973. The growth and power of Middle East oil-producing countries, changes in inter-Arab relations, domestic policies, foreign policies, and strategic changes in the Middle East arena are analyzed and evaluated by American and Israeli scholars.

II: External Powers; 1: The Arab-Israeli Conflict in American Foreign Policy; 2: Soviet Middle East Policy Between 1967 and 1973; 3: West German Policy Towards the Arab States; II: Strategic Aspects; 4: Strategic Changes in the Middle Eastern Arena; 5: Soviet Military Doctrine and Arab War aims; 6: Two Periods in the Arab-Israeli Strategic Relations 1957-1967; 1967-1973; III: Economic Aspects; 7: Does the Expansion of Arab Financial Resources Imply Economic Development?; 8: The Egyptian Economy Between the two wars; 9: The Growth and Power of the Middle East Oil-Producing Countries; IV: The Inter-Arab Setting; 10: Inter-Arab Relations; 11: The Federation of Arab Republics; V: Formation of the Egyptian-Syrian Axis; 12: Nasser and Sadat, 1967-1973: Two Approaches to a National Crisis; 13: Continuity and Change in the Ba'th Regime in Syria; VI: Jordan and the Palestinian Issue; 14: The Jordanian Entity in Changing Circumstances, 1967-1973; 15: The Institutionalization of Palestinian Nationalism 1967-1973; 16: Political Factors and Trends in the Israeli-Administered Territories; VII: The Arab Environment; 17: Continuity and Change in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and South Yemen, 1967-1973; 18: Foundations of the Ba'th Regime in Iraq 1967-1973; 19: Continuity and Change in the Political Regimes of Sudan and Libya, 1967-1973; VIII: Iran and the Gulf; 20: Iran and the Middle East: The Primacy of the Persian Gulf; 21: Stability and Tension in the Persian Gulf; 22: The Persian Gulf as a Focus for Regional Conflicts 1; List of Participants in the Colloquium