"The Group Dynamics of War: A Contemporary American Experience" / Kenneth Eisold / based on a paper presented at the Meeting of the American Psychological Assn, Washington DC, Sum 1992 / the central constraint that shapes an individual's behavior in the group has to do with matters of identity; the forms of group membership that are available to individuals confirm or disconfirm aspects of identity "Of Sealed Rooms and Secrets: Groups in Israel During the Gulf War" / Ben Rippa / reprinted in modified form from "Group Analysis," 1994, Vol. 27, pp. 87-94 / [argue] that current knowledge of group processes can contribute to attempts to facilitate integration as the alternative of choice / shed light on the relationships of Jews and Arabs in groups [during the Gulf War] "The Islamic World as a Group" / Mohammed Shaalan / [discusses] the Islamic world, made up of Arabs and Muslims, [of the] struggles to maintain a united front in the face of what is generally perceived as the West's racial prejudices, exploitive policies, and the application of double standards with respect to Israel "Ethical Anger in the War between Britain and Argentina" / Marcia Karp / reprinted in modified form from "Group Analysis," 1986, Vol. 19, pp. 67-70 / [presents use of psychodrama as a release for ethical anger as a result from] the Falklands War "The Demise of the Habsburg Monarchy and Its Legacy for the Successor States: A Group Dynamics Perspective" / John T. Salvendy / explores the sociopolitical and group dynamic factors that have affected the interaction of those peoples and nations of Central and Eastern Europe which were once part of the mighty Habsburg domain "Generational Subgroups, the Transfer of Authority and the Influence of Group Dynamics in Sociopolitical and Open Therapeutic Groups in Poland" / Jerzy W. Aleksandrowicz and Violetta D. Czepowicz / [discuss] theories of [psychotherapeutic] group dynamics [on] small closed groups / deal with "open" groups, those that accept new members . . . and whose sessions and settings permit members to continue their daily contact with the world outside the group / the open structure of these groups seems also to be responsible for certain aspects of the power of their leaders and for the sensitivity of the groups as barometers of sociopolitical events in the world outside the therapy group "Polarization in Israel--Can it be Remedied?" / Rafael Moses / [examine the psychological mechanisms of group] polarization . . . in Israel "Peace after Hiroshima: Conducting a Group of Survivors of the Atomic Bombing" / Takashi Yamaguchi / conducted a small group consisting of 6 survivors of the World War II atomic bombing