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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Little, Douglas, 1950-
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2008]
Edition:3rd ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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
  • Not your father's Persian Gulf War: The Bush doctrine, Iraq and radical Islam.