The Middle East and the United States: A Historical and Political Reassessment - Softcover

Lesch, David W.

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9780813339405: The Middle East and the United States: A Historical and Political Reassessment

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ISBN 10: 0813339405 ISBN 13: 9780813339405

Publisher: Westview Press, 2003

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The third edition of this acclaimed survey brings together scholars and diplomats from the Middle East, Europe, and North America to provide an objective, cross-cultural assessment of U.S. policy toward the Middle East. The Third Edition has been completely revised and updated. It includes entirely new chapters on U.S.-Afghanistan relations from the Soviet invasion to Osama bin Laden, recent developments in U.S.-Turkey relations, and the historic Baghdad Pact. More than ever, The Middle East and the United States provides compellingly comprehensive and authoritative coverage of US foreign policy and Middle East political history from World War I through the Cold War and Gulf War to the present.

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About the Author:

David W. Lesch is professor of history at Trinity University, San Antonio. His publications include Syria and the United States: Eisenhower's Cold War in the Middle East (Westview, 1992), 1979: The Year That Shaped the Modern Middle East (Westview, 2001), and The Lion of Damascus : Bashar al-Asad and Modern Syria (Yale, 2005).

Review:

"A solid contribution to understanding the successes and mistakes [of the United States] in this critical region. Invaluable." -- Choice

"A welcome collection." -- Foreign Affairs

"An excellent survey of the region and a welcomed addition." -- Journal of Third World Studies

"An important contribution to the literature on United States foreign policy in the Middle East." -- Digest of Middle East Studies

"Authoritative and invaluable for courses on modern Middle East history and Middle East international relations. " -- Louis Cantori University of Maryland, Baltimore County

"Richly rewarding and insightful....A book that is truly worth owning." -- Augustus Richard Norton, Boston University

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