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American orientalism : the United States and the Middle East since 1945

Title
American orientalism : the United States and the Middle East since 1945 / Douglas Little.
Author
Little, Douglas.
Publication
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.

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xiv, 407 p. : map; 25 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-387) and index.
Contents
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 -- Fool's errand or Kodak moment? : America and the Middle East at the dawn of the twenty-first century.
Call Number
ICM (Middle East) 03-673
ISBN
0807827371 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2002003989
OCLC
49375414
Author
Little, Douglas.
Title
American orientalism : the United States and the Middle East since 1945 / Douglas Little.
Imprint
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-387) and index.
Research Call Number
ICM (Middle East) 03-673
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