American interests and policies in the Middle East, 1900-1939 / by John A. DeNovo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeNovo, John A. (John August), 1916-2000.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Relations--Middle East.

United States.

Middle East--Relations--United States.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 447 pages) : maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1963]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scholars concerned with the diplomatic history of the United States have largely neglected the subject of American relations with the Middle East during the four decades before World War I. With this study, Professor DeNovo fills the gap by describing an

Contents:

Abbreviations; Table of Contents; 1 The Heritage of the Nineteenth Century; 2 The United States and the Middle East, 1900-1914; 3 Dollar Diplomacy in Turkey: The Chester Project, 1908-1913; 4 The Disruption of the Ottoman Empire, 1914-1920; 5 The Lausanne Conference and Its Aftermath; 6 A Stake in Middle Eastern Oil, 1919-1939; 7 The Postwar Chester Project; 8 The Turkish Republic before World War II; 9 Iran between the Wars; 10 The Arab East between the Wars; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-410) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5742-4

OCLC:

476161535