Quicksand : America's pursuit of power in the Middle East / Geoffrey Wawro.
| Author/creator | Wawro, Geoffrey |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Penguin Press, 2010. |
| Description | 702 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [664]-672) and index. |
| LCCN | 2009031608 |
| ISBN | 9781594202414 |
| ISBN | 1594202419 |