The Middle East and the United States

5. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-8133-4914-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 578 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1070 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.

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