The Middle East and the United States

History, Politics, and Ideologies, UPDATED 2013 EDITION
5. New Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-32033-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1225 g

This volume addresses the changes in the Middle East—and in the United States as well—that has significantly affected the US-Middle Eastern dynamic. It provides an objective, cross-cultural assessment of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lesch, David W.

Haas, Mark L.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Fifth Edition -- Note on the Text -- Introduction -- From Idealism to Realism -- The Ironic Legacy of the King-Crane Commission -- The “Ambassador for the Arabs” -- US Foreign Policy Toward Iran During the Mussadiq Era -- The Mussadiq Era in Iran, 1951–1953 -- National Security Concerns in US Policy Toward Egypt, 1949–1956 -- The Perils of Ambiguity -- The 1957 American-Syrian Crisis -- The United States and Nasserist Pan-Arabism -- The Soviet Perception of the US Threat -- The Superpowers and the Cold War in the Middle East -- Arab-Israeli War and Peace -- The 1967 Arab-Israeli War -- Flawed Strategies and Missed Signals -- The United States and Israel -- From Madrid and Oslo to Camp David -- George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict -- Allies and Enemies in the Gulf and Beyond -- Americans and the Muslim World–First Encounters -- The United States in the Persian Gulf -- From “Over the Horizon” to “Into the Backyard” -- The Iraq War of 2003 -- What Went Wrong in Iraq? -- The Push and Pull of Strategic Cooperation -- The United States and Afghanistan -- Ideology and Iran’s American Policies, 1997–2008 -- Is It Time for the United States to Give Up on Arab Liberals? -- Islamist Perceptions of US Policy in the Middle East -- US Relations with al-Qa’ida -- New US Policies for a New Middle East? -- The United States and the Arab Spring

Über Autor(innen)

Lesch, David W. Haas, Mark L.