American orientalism : the United States and the Middle East since 1945 / Douglas Little.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chapel Hill, England : University of North Carolina Press, c2004.Description: xiv, 419 p. : map ; 24 cmISBN:- 0807855391 (pbk.) :
- 327.730 56
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"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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