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Epic Encounters : Culture, Media, and U.S. Interests in the Middle East since1945, Updated Edition, with a Post-9/11 Chapter.
Epic Encounters examines how popular culture has shaped the ways Americans define their "interests" in the Middle East. In this innovative book--now brought up-to-date to include 9/11 and the Iraq war--Melani McAlister argues that U.S. foreign policy, while grounded in material and militar...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2005.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
| Colección: | American crossroads.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface to the 2005 Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Introduction: Middle East Interests; 1. "Benevolent Supremacy": The Biblical Epic at the Dawn of the American Century, 1947-1960; 2. The Middle East in African American Cultural Politics, 1955-1972; 3. King Tut, Commodity Nationalism, and the Politics of Oil, 1973-1979; 4. The Good Fight: Israel after Vietnam, 1972-1980; 5. Iran, Islam, and the Terrorist Threat, 1979-1989; 6. Military Multiculturalism in the Gulf War and After, 1990-1999.
- Conclusion: 9/11 and After: Snapshots on the Road to EmpireAcknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Filmography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.