The Middle East has rarely been absent from the world's media since the end of World War 2. Next to East-West relations, its conflicts have provided the most intractable set of issues in international affairs. Inevitably, the United States became the major outside party. As the Arab-Israeli dispute came to dominate Middle East affairs, the Americans had to reconcile their wide-ranging strategic and economic interests with the domestic pressures to support Israel. This book analyses and illustrates the decisions reached in Washington and examines their impact on the region's quarrels.
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The Middle East has rarely been absent from the world's media since the end of World War 2. As the Arab-Israeli dispute came to dominate Middle East affairs, the Americans had to reconcile their wide-ranging strategic and economic interests with the domestic pressures to support Israel.
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Preface - Introduction - Truman's Search for a Middle East Policy - The United States and the Birth of Israel - Policy in the Cold War Era - The Transformation of America's Middle East Policy - Crisis Management: Nixon, Kissinger and the 1973 War - Step by Step - Carter: the Search for Peace - Reagan, Israel and Lebanon - Conclusion - Notes - Index
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Product details

ISBN
9780333394229
Published
1989-10-15
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan; Palgrave Macmillan
Height
216 mm
Width
140 mm
Age
Research, UU, UP, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
221

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