A world of trouble : the White House and the Middle East--from the Cold War to the War on Terror / Patrick Tyler.
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نصالناشر:New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010الطبعات:1st pbk. edوصف:638 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
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- Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
- Middle East -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Middle East -- Politics and government -- 21st century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century
- DS63.2.U5 T95 2010
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DS63.2.U5 T95 2010 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30020000016037 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 567-615) and index.
America in the Middle East -- The Arab awakening: Eisenhower, Nasser, and Suez -- The Six-Day War: Johnson and Israel -- Nixon and Brezhnev: Cold War and international terror -- Nixon and Kissinger: Yom Kippur: the October war -- Jimmy Carter: Camp David and the struggle with Menachem Begin -- Carter and the Shah: Khomeini's revolution -- The shame of Lebanon: Reagan's warriors in the Middle East -- The Iran-Contra affair: the clash of Saudi and Israeli influence -- Nebuchadnezzar-land: Saddam Hussein and the Persian Gulf War -- Bill Clinton: tilting at peace, flailing at Saddam -- Clinton: flight from terror, lost peace -- George W. Bush: A world of trouble.
Tyler draws on newly opened presidential archives to dramatize the approach to the Middle East across U.S. presidencies from Eisenhower to George W. Bush, showing how each president has managed to undo the policies of his predecessor, often provoking anger against America.
