American orientalism :the United States and the Middle East since 1945 /Douglas Little.
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3rd ed.
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Chapel Hill :
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University of North Carolina Press,
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c2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xviii, 441 p. :map ;24 cm.
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مرجع به حساب نمي آيد
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-419) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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 -- Not your father's Persian Gulf War: The Bush doctrine, Iraq and radical Islam.