Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-154) and index.
Introduction -- Ideas matter -- Consolidation and learning by doing : US foreign policy in the Middle East, 1945-1973 -- The oil embargo crisis in 1973-19744 -- The Iranian revolution and US foreign policy in the Middle East between 1979-2001 -- September 11 and the War on Terror : the rise of neo-conservativism -- Back to the future : the second Iraq War and the United States democratization policy in the Middle East -- Conclusion.
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US foreign policy in the Middle East has for the most part been shaped by the eruption of major crises. Yakub Halabi analyzes the way ideas and conceptions have guided US foreign policy in the Middle East, the erection of institutions through which these ideas were brought into practice, and the manner in which these ideas became obsolete and were modified by new ideas.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- General.