Malcolm Kerr gives a critical exposition of the two major opposing ‎ trends that shaped U.S. policy in the Middle East in the 1970s: The ‎ ‎"Cold Warriors," headed by Henry Kissinger, view Middle East ‎ questions from a narrow angle of competition with the Soviet Union ‎ for client states, while the "Regionalists," typified by George Ball, ‎ look toward a solution that would be based primarily on the ‎ particular character of Middle East problems and U.S. interests.‎