Why do countries capture and occupy lands beyond their own borders? Fred Lawson contends that, in the Arab world, expansionist policy has little to do with the temperament of the individual leaders and even less with the activities of the great powers. Instead, he argues that the character and intensity of a country's domestic political conflicts directly determine foreign policies.
Why do countries capture and occupy lands beyond their own borders? Fred Lawson contends that, in the Arab world, expansionist policy has little to do...
