American Arabists in the Cold War Middle East, 1946-75 : from orientalism to professionalism /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Thomas, Teresa Fava (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London, UK : Anthem Press, 2016.
Series:	Anthem Middle East studies.
Subjects:	Arabists > United States > History > 20th century. Cold War. United States > Foreign relations > Middle East. Middle East > Foreign relations > United States. United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989. 1900-1999 Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Front Matter; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapters; Introduction: America's Middle East Area Experts ; Chapter One: The Orientalists Fade Away; Chapter Two: The Middle East Hands Emerge; Chapter Three: Landfall: Language Training in Beirut, 1946; Chapter Four: Filling the Cold War Linguist Gap: The Middle East Area Program in Beirut; Chapter Five: "The Departure of Kings, Old Men, and Christians": The Eisenhower Years; Chapter Six: Quiet Diplomacy in Action: The Kennedy and Johnson Years.
Chapter Seven: Kissinger's Arabesque: The Nixon and Ford YearsEpilogue: Beirut Axioms; Lessons Learned by the Middle East Hands ; Back Matter; Appendix: Brief Biographies ; Notes ; Bibliography ; Index.