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American Arabists in the Cold War Middle East, 1946-75 : from orientalism to professionalism /
This book examines US State Department's Middle East area experts during the Cold War, known as Arabists or Middle East hands, showing how their backgrounds and education differed crucially from that of their predecessors. This study focuses on these individuals' transformative role in US...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, UK :
Anthem Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | Anthem Middle East studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.