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American orientalism :

0807855391 (pbk. : alk. paper)

b523710

American orientalism :

[Book]

the United States and the Middle East since 1945 /

Douglas Little

Chapel Hill :

University of North Carolina Press,

c2004

xiv, 419 p. :

map ;

24 cm

"With a new epilogue by the author"--Cover

Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-400) and index

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 -- Fool's errand or Kodak moment? : America and the Middle East at the dawn of the twenty-first century -- Not your father's Persian Gulf War : the Bush doctrine, Iraq, and Islam

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Arab-Israeli conflict

Nationalism-- Middle East

Orientalism-- United States

Middle East, Relations, United States

United States, Relations, Middle East

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Little, Douglas,1950-

20050815095324.0

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