The Near East and the Great Powers. / Richard Nelson Frye. With an introd. by Ralph Bunche.

"The substance of the book was first presented in the form of papers ... in a conference entitled The Great Powers and the Near East, held at Harvard University ... August 7, 8 and 9 of 1950."

1. The great powers : [1.] Political and economic factors : The Near East between East and West / Charles Malik -- The Near East in the world / William Thomson -- The pattern of great power impact on the Near East / Harvey P. Hall -- Economic development and the Near East / George G. McGhee -- The Near Eastern economy in the world and its possibilities of development / Charles P. Issawi -- The nature of Soviet propaganda in the Near East / Leonid I. Strakhovsky -- [2.] Cultural factors : A cultural relations policy in the Near East / Mortimer Graves -- The Middle East Institute : its inception and its place in American international studies / George C. Keiser -- Oriental studies in the United Kingdom / H. A. R. Gibb -- 2. The Near East : [1.] The Palestine problem : The United Nations and Palestine / J. C. Hurewitz -- Israel and the United States / Moshe Keren -- The Palestine problem / Ralph Bunche -- [2.] The Arab world : Some aspects of oil in the Middle East / E. L. DeGolyer -- The scheme of fertile crescent unity : a study in inter-Arab relations / Majid Khadduri -- Notes on labor in Egypt, 1950 / Moshe Perlmann -- Remarks by Charles P. Issawi -- Conclusion / H. A. R. Gibb.