| List of Tables | |
| Preface | |
| Ch. 1 | War Preparation and State Power | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | The Framework | 19 |
| Preferences and Constraints | 21 |
| State Strategies for War Preparation | 31 |
| The Conservation and Transformation of State Power | 37 |
| An Excursion on State Power | 40 |
| Ch. 3 | Egypt and Israel in Historical Perspective | 51 |
| Egypt | 51 |
| Israel | 64 |
| Ch. 4 | Explaining Egyptian War Preparation Strategies | 80 |
| Consolidation and Intent, 1952-1956 | 81 |
| From the Suez War to the 1967 War | 93 |
| Defeat, Consolidation, and Redemption, 1967-1973 | 103 |
| From Victory to Self-Defeat, 1973-1977 | 128 |
| Ch. 5 | Explaining Israeli War Preparation Strategies | 153 |
| Mobilization and Integration, 1948-1956 | 155 |
| In the Eye of the Hurricane, 1957-1967 | 176 |
| Life during Wartime, 1967-1977 | 185 |
| Ch. 6 | War and the Transformation of State Power | 210 |
| Egyptian War Preparation Strategies and State Power | 212 |
| Israeli War Preparation Strategies and State Power | 225 |
| Ch. 7 | Egypt and Israel in Comparative and Theoretical Perspective | 244 |
| The Construction of the Government's War Preparation Strategies | 245 |
| War Preparation and State Power | 256 |
| Appendix 1: Jewish Investment and Capital Inflow, 1932-1939 | 263 |
| Appendix 2: National and Public versus Private Jewish Capital Flow to Palestine, 1918-1937 | 263 |
| Appendix 3: Summary of Fiscal Operations, 1962/63-1978 | 264 |
| Appendix 4: Soviet-Egyptian Military Aid Accounts | 264 |
| Appendix 5: Arab Financial Assistance to Egypt, 1973-1976 | 265 |
| Appendix 6: Capital Imports to Israel, 1950-1967 | 266 |
| Appendix 7: Share of Capital Imports in Total Resources and Gross Investments, 1950-1967 | 266 |
| Appendix 8: Investments by Branch in the Economy, 1950-1967 | 267 |
| Appendix 9: Gross Investment in Fixed Assets, by Investing Sector, 1952-1966 | 267 |
| Appendix 10: Capital Imports to Israel, 1967-1977 | 268 |
| Appendix 11: Indicators of Debt-Servicing Burden, 1969-1978 | 268 |
| Appendix 12: Investments in Industry by Branch | 269 |
| Appendix 13: The "Underground" Economy in Israel: Various Estimates | 269 |
| Notes | 271 |
| Bibliography | 345 |
| Index | 369 |