America's Search for Control in Iraq in the Early Cold War, 1953-1961
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[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Brandon Robert King
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Pruessen, Ronald
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Toronto (Canada)
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2014
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
538
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-39704-8
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
History
Body granting the degree
University of Toronto (Canada)
Text preceding or following the note
2014
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
American studies; Middle Eastern history; American history; Middle Eastern Studies; Military history; Military studies
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Subject Term
Social sciences;Us diplomatic history;Us-iraqi relations