The Middle East and the United States : history, politics, and ideologies / edited by David W. Lesch, Trinity University, Mark L. Haas, Duquesne University.

Other author Lesch, David W., editor.
Other author Haas, Mark L. editor.
Format Book
EditionFifth edition, Updated 2013 edition.
PublicationBoulder, CO : Westview Press, 2016.
Descriptionxiii, 562 pages : map ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents From idealism to realism : Wilsonian intent to Cold War practice. The ironic legacy of the King-Crane Commission / James Gelvin -- The "ambassador for the Arabs" : the Locke mission and the unmaking of US development diplomacy in the Near East, 1952-1953 / Paul W.T. Kingston -- US foreign policy toward Iran during the Massadiq era / Mark Gasiorowski -- The Mussadiq era in Iran, 1951-1953 : a contemporary diplomat's view / Sam Falle -- National security concerns in US policy toward Egypt, 1949-1956 / Peter Hahn -- The perils of ambiguity : the United States and the Baghdad Pact / Elie Podeh -- The 1957 American-Syrian crisis : globalist policy in a regional reality / David W. Lesch -- The United States and Nasserist pan-Arabism / Malik Mufti -- The Soviet perception of the US threat / Georgiy Mirsky -- The superpowers and the Cold War in the Middle East / Rashid Khalidi -- Arab-Israeli war and peace. The 1967 Arab-Israeli War : US actions and Arab perceptions / Fawaz A. Gerges -- Flawed strategies and missed signals : crisis bargaining between the superpowers, October 1973 / Janice Gross Stein -- The United States and Israel : the nature of a special relationship / Bernard Reich and Shannon Powers -- From Madrid and Oslo to Camp David : the United States and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1991-2001 / Jeremy Pressman -- George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict / Robert O. Freedman -- Allies and enemies in the Gulf and beyond. Americans and the Muslim world : first encounters / Robert J. Allison -- The United States in the Persian Gulf : from twin pillars to dual containment / Gary Sick -- From "over the horizon" to "into the backyard" : The US-Saudi relationship in the Gulf / F. Gregory Gause, III -- The Iraq War of 2003 : why did the United States decide to invade? / Steve A. Yetiv -- What went wrong in Iraq? / Ali R. Abootalebi -- The push an pull of strategic cooperation : the US relationship with Turkey in the Middle East / Henri J. Barkey -- The United States and Afghanistan : from marginality to strategic concern / Marvin G. Weinbaum -- Ideology and Iran's American policies, 1997-2008 / Mark L. Haas -- Is it time for the United States to give up on Arab liberals? / Jon B. Alterman -- Islamist perceptions of US policy in the Middle East / Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad -- US relations with al-Qa'ida / Heather S. Gregg -- New US policies for a new Middle East? / William B. Quandt -- The United States and the Arab Spring : threats and opportunities in a revolutionary era / Mark L. Haas.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9780813350219 (economy edition)
ISBN0813350212 (economy edition)
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Joyner General Stacks DS63.2.U5 M43 2016 ✔ Available Place Hold