After the Guns Fall Silent by Mohamed Sid-AhmedReview by: John C. CampbellForeign Affairs, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Jul., 1977), p. 917Published by: Council on Foreign RelationsStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20039786 .

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RECENT BOOKS 917

THE YUGOSLAV EXPERIMENT 1948-1974. By Dennison Rusinow. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977, 431 pp. $16.50.

Probably no other American has such knowledge and understanding of

contemporary Yugoslavia as Dennison Rusinow. Here he calls on his long experience as American Universities Field Staff associate in that country to describe the course that, since the break with Stalin, has been marked by "the

astounding flexibility and adaptability of the Yugoslavs, both leaders and led."

Especially good on the successive internal crises associated with the names of

Djilas, Rankovic, Tripalo and Nikezic.

The Middle East and North Africa

John C. Campbell RED STAR ON THE NILE: THE SOVIET-EGYPTIAN RELATIONSHIP SINCE THE JUNE WAR. By Alvin Z. Rubinstein. Princeton: Princeton Univer

sity Press, 1977, 383 pp. $25.00 (Paper, $9.75). The most balanced and comprehensive study we have yet had on this subject.

In addition to the year-to-year ups and downs, the author provides some

interesting reflections on the nature of influence and the reasons why the weaker party rather than the superpower got the better of the bargain.

AFTER THE GUNS FALL SILENT. By Mohamed Sid-Ahmed. New York: St. Martin's, 1977, 144 pp. $15.95.

A distinguished Egyptian journalist points to the role of the October War in

removing obstacles and inhibitions to a negotiated peace, and warns that failure to grasp the opportunity can only make the Palestine question more explosive and bring a new round of hostilities that could be nuclear. The book has stirred considerable controversy in the Arab world since its original publication in

Arabic in 1975.

YOM KIPPUR AND AFTER: THE SOVIET UNION AND THE MIDDLE EAST CRISIS. By Galia Golan. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1977, 350 pp. $18.95.

Against the background of the overall U.S.S.R. connection with the Middle East and using all available evidence, an Israeli analyst skillfully reconstructs the Soviet role in the October War. Stressing the priority of the superpower rela

tionship, her conclusions rebut the more hawkish interpretations of Soviet policy both in the genesis of the war and in the crisis at its close.

THE PALESTINE STATE: A RATIONAL APPROACH. By Richard J. Ward, Don Peretz and Evan M. Wilson. Port Washington (N.Y.): Kennikat Press, 1977, 206 pp. $9.95. BENEFITS AND BURDENS: A REPORT ON THE WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP ECONOMIES SINCE 1967. By Brian Van Arkadie. New York and

Washington: Carnegie Endowment, 1977, 164 pp. $3.75 (Paper). In an expanded version of a study published in 1970, Ward and his col

leagues, all with long experience in Middle East affairs, discuss ?and advocate ?

the establishment of a Palestinian state or "entity" comprising the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. They also describe possible compromise solutions for Jerusalem.

Van Arkadie's book describes the creation of new economic patterns in those territories under Israeli occupation, and throws light on the much-discussed

question of their "viability" under alternative political settlements.

JERUSALEM: THE TORN CITY. By Meron Benvenisti. Minneapolis: Univer sity of Minnesota Press, 1977, 407 pp. $15.00.

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