In the very first paragraph of the first chapter of his book the author claims that the Arab community has played a significant role both in the collapse of the old international order and in setting in train the quest for a new one. While this categorical statement may sound chauvinistic to some, one cannot but agree with him on this point. It is particularly true when one takes into account the developments in the world economic order after the October 1973 Arab victory against Israel (the author calls it the Earthquake of October 1973), leading to the Arabs using their oil power as a political weapon.
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