Part I: Theory
1. Enduring International Rivalries: Concepts, Background,
  and Basic Themes                                       3
2. The Strategic Structure of Enduring International
  Rivalries: A Game-Theoretic Perspective                   27
3. Learning, Preference Change, and the Evolution of
  Enduring Rivalries                                        51

  Part II: Historical and Quantitative Evidence
4. Research Design: Single and Comparative Case Studies  87
5. The Emergence of Enduring Rivalries: Comparative Cases  109
6. The Strategic Evolution of the Egyptian-Israeli Rivalry,
  1948-79                                                  135
7. The Strategic Evolution of the Syrian-Israeli Rivalry,
  1948-99                                                  176
8. The Emergence, Evolution, and Termination of Enduring
  International Rivalries, 1816-1992: A Quantitative Test of
  the Evolutionary Model                                   224
9. Conclusions: What Have We Learned?                      256