American Orientalism : The United States and the Middle East since 1945 /

Little explores the stormy American relationship with the Middle East from World War II through the war in Iraq, focusing particularly on the complex and often inconsistent attitudes and interests that helped put the United States on a collision course with radical Islam early in the new millennium....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Little, Douglas, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2008.
Edición:3rd ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
International relations.
Orientalism.
Nationalism.
Arab-Israeli conflict.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
Conflit israelo-arabe.
Orientalisme > États-Unis.
Nationalism > Middle East.
Orientalism > United States.
United States.
Middle East.
Middle East > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > Middle East.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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