Dr. Bar-Siman-Tov is a lecturer in the Department of International Relations of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. He is the author of The Israeli-Egyptian War of Attrition 1969–1970: A Case Study of Limited Local War and several articles dealing with the Middle East.

• Westview Replica Editions -- Introduction -- A Theoretical Framework -- Linkage Politics and Conflict Linkage -- A Critique of the Quantitative Approach -- A Proposed Method of Research -- The Case Study -- Syria: A Linkage Politics State -- The Separatist Regime, 1961–1963: Connections Between Internal and External Conflicts -- The Ba‘th Regime, 1963–1966: Connections Between Internal and External Conflicts -- The Neo-Ba‘th Regime, 1966–1970: Connections Between Internal and External Conflicts -- Conclusions