Quicksand : America's pursuit of power in the Middle East / Geoffrey Wawro.

Author/creator Wawro, Geoffrey
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Penguin Press, 2010.
Description702 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Zion -- Oil -- Exodus -- Ajax -- Nasser -- Suez -- The Eisenhower Doctrine -- A six-day war -- The Nixon Doctrine -- Great civilization -- Desert One -- Jihad -- Saddam -- Desert Storm -- 9/11 -- Enduring Freedom -- Into Iraq -- Iraqi Freedom.
Abstract Wawro offer an unprecedented history of our involvement in the Middle East that traces our current quandaries there--in Iraq, Israel, Iran, Afghanistan, and elsewhere--back to their roots almost a century ago.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [664]-672) and index.
LCCN 2009031608
ISBN9781594202414
ISBN1594202419