Michael N. Barnett is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin. The dissertation on which this book was based won the 1991 Gabriel Almond Prize of the American Political Science Association.

Winner of the 1993 Quincy Wright Award for the Best Book in International Affairs by a Midwest Scholar "Confronting the Costs of War is an impressive, challenging study which traces the link between war preparation and state power in Egypt and Israel... This book is a very important contribution to Middle Eastern studies because it approaches existing literature from a broader theoretical perspective."--Lawrence Tal, The Times Higher Education Supplement "Michael Barnett has a rare ability to combine sustained comparison, subtle theorizing, and careful analysis of particular histories. While illuminating Israeli and Egyptian experiences, he refreshes our general understanding of the interplay among war, state resources, and social constraints. Read him either to know Middle Eastern politics, to clarify alternative paths of political change, or better, both."--Charles Tilly, New School for Social Research

• List of TablesPrefaceCh. 1War Preparation and State Power3Ch. 2The Framework19Preferences and Constraints21State Strategies for War Preparation31The Conservation and Transformation of State Power37An Excursion on State Power40Ch. 3Egypt and Israel in Historical Perspective51Egypt51Israel64Ch. 4Explaining Egyptian War Preparation Strategies80Consolidation and Intent, 1952-195681From the Suez War to the 1967 War93Defeat, Consolidation, and Redemption, 1967-1973103From Victory to Self-Defeat, 1973-1977128Ch. 5Explaining Israeli War Preparation Strategies153Mobilization and Integration, 1948-1956155In the Eye of the Hurricane, 1957-1967176Life during Wartime, 1967-1977185Ch. 6War and the Transformation of State Power210Egyptian War Preparation Strategies and State Power212Israeli War Preparation Strategies and State Power225Ch. 7Egypt and Israel in Comparative and Theoretical Perspective244The Construction of the Government's War Preparation Strategies245War Preparation and State Power256Appendix 1: Jewish Investment and Capital Inflow, 1932-1939263Appendix 2: National and Public versus Private Jewish Capital Flow to Palestine, 1918-1937263Appendix 3: Summary of Fiscal Operations, 1962/63-1978264Appendix 4: Soviet-Egyptian Military Aid Accounts264Appendix 5: Arab Financial Assistance to Egypt, 1973-1976265Appendix 6: Capital Imports to Israel, 1950-1967266Appendix 7: Share of Capital Imports in Total Resources and Gross Investments, 1950-1967266Appendix 8: Investments by Branch in the Economy, 1950-1967267Appendix 9: Gross Investment in Fixed Assets, by Investing Sector, 1952-1966267Appendix 10: Capital Imports to Israel, 1967-1977268Appendix 11: Indicators of Debt-Servicing Burden, 1969-1978268Appendix 12: Investments in Industry by Branch269Appendix 13: The "Underground" Economy in Israel: Various Estimates269Notes271Bibliography345Index369