US Foreign Service women in the Middle East and Islamic North Africa, 1945-2001 / Anthony J. Barker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barker, Anthony J., author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Foreign Service--History.

United States.

Women diplomats--United States--History.

Women diplomats.

Diplomats' spouses--United States--History.

Diplomats' spouses.

Americans--Middle East--History.

Americans.

Americans--Africa, North--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 374 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Israel: The Crucial American Commitment in the Middle East

Chapter 3. Saudi Arabia: Aramco; the Hajj; Female Workers : Glimpses of Yemen

Chapter 4. Reactions to Nasser's Egypt and the Suez War of 1956

Chapter 5. Inside Iran Before and During the 1979 Hostage Crisis

Chapter 6. Inside Iraq Before and During the Era of Saddam Hussein

Chapter 7. African-American Foreign Service Women

Chapter 8. Exploring Islam and International Relations in the Post-Colonial Maghreb

Chapter 9. Coping with Political and Climatic Challenges in the Western Sahel

Chapter 10. Inside Chad: North-South Upheavals in the Eastern Sahel

Chapter 11. Confronting Religious and Regional Conflicts in Sudan

Chapter 12. Amid Middle East Turmoil: Lebanon, Syria, Israel

Chapter 13. Reacting to Violence and Terrorism Enroute to Nine Eleven 2001

Chapter 14. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 12, 2024).

ISBN:

9783031467561

3031467566

Publisher Number:

99995583701

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.