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American orientalism : the United States and the Middle East since 1945 / Douglas Little.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Little, Douglas, 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orientalism.
- United States--Relations--Middle East.
- United States.
- Relations.
- Middle East.
- Middle East--Relations--United States.
- Orientalism--United States.
- Nationalism--Middle East.
- Nationalism.
- Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 441 pages) : map
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2008]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Douglas 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. After documenting the persistence of "orientalist" stereotypes in American popular culture, Little examines oil, Israel, and other aspects of U.S. policy. He concludes that a peculiar blend of arrogance and ignorance has led American officials to overestimate their ability to shape events in the Middle East from 1945 through the present day, and that it has been a driving force behind the Iraq war. For this updated third edition, Little covers events through 2007, including a new chapter on the Bush Doctrine, demonstrating that in many important ways, George W. Bush's Middle Eastern policies mark a sharp break with the past.
- 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
- Not your father's Persian Gulf War: The Bush doctrine, Iraq and radical Islam.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-419) and index.
- Chaps 1-8 updated, previous Conclusion and Epilogue replaced by new chapter.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Little, Douglas, 1950- American orientalism.
- ISBN:
- 9780807877616
- 0807877611
- Publisher Number:
- 99989315379
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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