Ropes of sand : America's failure in the Middle East / Wilbur Crane Eveland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eveland, Wilbur Crane, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eveland, Wilbur.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency--Biography.

United States.

Diplomats--United States--Biography.

Diplomats.

Spies--United States--Biography.

Spies.

Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.

Middle East.

United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 pages) : map

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Open Road Integrated Media, 2018.

Summary:

A "stinging indictment" of US foreign policy and covert operations in the Middle East from a former military attaché and CIA operative ( The Christian Science Monitor ). After the close of World War II, former army intelligence agent Wilbur Crane Eveland trained as a military attaché, specializing in the new focal point of global concern: the Middle East. In the decades that followed, he personally witnessed the evolution and many blunders of American Middle East policy from embassies of Arab states, inside the Pentagon and the White House, and as a principal CIA representative in the region. Finally, as a petroleum-engineering consultant, he lived with the results of America's errors. In Ropes of Sand, Eveland delivers a richly detailed assessment of the mistakes, miscalculations, and outright failures he observed. The governments the United States armed to defend the Middle East against Russia ended in collapse. American support of the Shah of Iran led to disastrous results. Many of the major crises the US faced, from the energy shortage to the border issues of Israel, had been forecast decades earlier. Eveland explains the country's failure to understand these problems and shows why every proposed solution, from the United Nations Partition Resolution for Palestine to the Camp David Accords, only added fuel to the fire. His insider critique is essential for understanding the Arab Spring, the threat of ISIS, and the ongoing conflicts we face in the region today. First released in 1980, this memoir was initially blocked from publication by the CIA for its revealing and critical discussion of numerous covert operations, some of which Eveland engaged in himself.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Dedication

CONTENTS

SERIES INTRODUCTION

AUTHOR'S NOTE

PREFACE

1 The Genesis

2 Journey into History-1918-1948

3 Thirty Years of Indifference

4 Starting the Odyssey

5 The View from Washington

6 Ominous Precedents

7 In Defense of Oil, the Shah, and the Khyber Pass

8 Farewell to Arms

9 At the Highest Level

10 Spooky Corridors

11 Wait and See

12 Apple-Pie Diplomacy

13 Peace or Plots?

14 Game Plans

15 The Ticking Clock-1956

16 A Nibble on the Bait

17 Through the Glass Darkly

18 Suez and the Bluff

19 The Drop

20 Friends and Enemies

21 Uncertain Secrets

22 The Eisenhower Doctrine

23 Candidates and Coups

24 The Philby Connection

25 Gathering Storm

26 Showdown

27 Death of a Doctrine

28 On the Outside Looking In-1959-1974

29 Denouement in Lebanon-1975

30 Looking Back and to the Future

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INDEX

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Copyright.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5040-5005-3