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American orientalism : the United States and the Middle East since 1945 / Douglas Little.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2004.Description: xiv, 419 pages. : map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0807855391 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 327.73056 22
LOC classification:
  • DS 63.2 .U5L58 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Gideon's band in the Holy Land : we're not in Kansas anymore -- Orientalism, American style : the Middle East in the mind of America -- Opening the door : business, diplomacy, and America's stake in Middle East oil -- The making of a special relationship : America and Israel -- A tale of four doctrines : U.S. national security, the Soviet threat, and the Middle East -- Sympathy for the devil? : America, Nasser, and Arab revolutionary nationalism -- Modernizing the Middle East : from reform to revolution in Iraq, Libya, and Iran -- Kicking the Vietnam syndrome : waging limited war from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf -- Opportunities lost and found : the United States and the Arab-Israeli peace process -- Fool's errand or Kodak moment? : America and the Middle East at the dawn of the twenty-first century -- Not your father's Persian Gulf War : the Bush doctrine, Iraq, and Islam.
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Loan Margaret Thatcher Library First Floor DS 63.2 .U5L58 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 20038157
Loan Margaret Thatcher Library First Floor DS 63.2 .U5L58 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 23009016

"With a new epilogue by the author"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-400) and index.

Gideon's band in the Holy Land : we're not in Kansas anymore -- Orientalism, American style : the Middle East in the mind of America -- Opening the door : business, diplomacy, and America's stake in Middle East oil -- The making of a special relationship : America and Israel -- A tale of four doctrines : U.S. national security, the Soviet threat, and the Middle East -- Sympathy for the devil? : America, Nasser, and Arab revolutionary nationalism -- Modernizing the Middle East : from reform to revolution in Iraq, Libya, and Iran -- Kicking the Vietnam syndrome : waging limited war from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf -- Opportunities lost and found : the United States and the Arab-Israeli peace process -- Fool's errand or Kodak moment? : America and the Middle East at the dawn of the twenty-first century -- Not your father's Persian Gulf War : the Bush doctrine, Iraq, and Islam.

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