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American orientalism : the United States and the Middle East since 1945 / Douglas Little.
LIBRA DS63.2.U5 L58 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Little, Douglas, 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orientalism.
- Middle East--Relations--United States.
- Middle East.
- Relations.
- United States.
- United States--Relations--Middle East.
- Orientalism--United States.
- Nationalism--Middle East.
- Nationalism.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 419 pages : map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2004]
- 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
- Not your father's Persian Gulf War : the Bush doctrine, Iraq, and Islam.
- Notes:
- "With a new epilogue by the author"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [377]-400) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807855391
- 9780807855393
- OCLC:
- 54398049
- Online:
- Publisher description
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