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Caught in the Middle East : U.S. policy toward the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1945-1961 /

"As is all too clear today, American postwar efforts to ameliorate Arab-Israeli relations before they could damage American interests in the Middle East failed to achieve a lasting peace and entangled the United States in the conflict in complex ways. Peter L. Hahn explores the strategic, diplo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hahn, Peter L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"As is all too clear today, American postwar efforts to ameliorate Arab-Israeli relations before they could damage American interests in the Middle East failed to achieve a lasting peace and entangled the United States in the conflict in complex ways. Peter L. Hahn explores the strategic, diplomatic, political, and cultural factors that influenced the policies of Presidents Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower as they confronted the origins and escalation of one of the modern world's most intractable disputes."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, pages) : maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-387) and index.
ISBN:0807863580
9780807863589
9780807828403
0807828408