1. The Historical Setting: Dialogue and Conflict between Two Nationalist Movements

2. The 1948 War, Armistice, and Peace Offers

3. A Zero-Sum Conflict: Domestic, Regional, and Global Factors

4. Israel Confronts the USSR, the USA, and the UAR

5. Baathist Extremism and Israeli Activism: The Road to War

6. From War (1967) to War (1973)

7. Asad vs. Rabin

8. The Struggle over Lebanon and the Palestinians

9. Asad's Strategic Design

10. Syria, Israel, and the Peace Process

11. Peace Negotiations

12. From War to Peace?