America's Search for Control in Iraq in the Early Cold War, 1953-1961
[Thesis]
Brandon Robert King
Pruessen, Ronald
University of Toronto (Canada)
2014
538
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-39704-8
Ph.D.
History
University of Toronto (Canada)
2014
The United States emerged from the destruction of World War II a superpower with burgeoning global interests. Nowhere was this more evident than in Iraq. US policymakers greatly expanded their relationship with the pro-Western regime in Baghdad during the 1950s. To examine these trends more closely, this dissertation analyzes the American relationship with Iraq during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953 to 1961). This study discusses how American oil concessions, military aid programs, collective defense arrangements, and modernization initiatives shaped the US-Iraqi bilateral relationship of the 1950s. It also looks intensively at American intelligence assessments and covert action programs in Iraq in this period.
American studies; Middle Eastern history; American history; Middle Eastern Studies; Military history; Military studies
Social sciences;Us diplomatic history;Us-iraqi relations