A World of Trouble :
Tyler, Patrick.
A World of Trouble : The White House and the Middle East--from the Cold War to the War on Terror / Patrick Tyler. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010 2010 - 638 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [567]-615) and index.
America in the Middle East -- The Arab awakening: Eisenhower, Nasser, and Suez -- The Six-Day War: Johnson and Israel -- Nixon and Brezhnev: Cold War and International Terror -- Nixon and Kissinger: Yom Kippur: The October War -- Jimmy Carter: Camp David and the struggle with Menachem Begin -- Carter and the Shah: Khomeini's revolution -- The shame of Lebanon: Reagan's warriors in the Middle East -- The Iran-Contra affair: the clash of Saudi and Israeli influence -- Nebuchadnezzar-land: Saddam Hussein and the Persian Gulf War -- Bill Clinton: tilting at peace, flailing at Saddam -- Clinton: fight from terror, lost peace -- George W. Bush: A world of trouble.
Tyler draws on newly opened presidential archives to dramatize the approach to the Middle East across U.S. presidencies from Eisenhower to George W. Bush, showing how each president has managed to undo the policies of his predecessor, often provoking anger against America.
9780374292898 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0374292892 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2008041261
Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.
Middle East--Politics and government--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--21st century.
Middle East--Politics and government--21st century
DS63.2.U5 / T95 2009
327.7305609045 / TYL
A World of Trouble : The White House and the Middle East--from the Cold War to the War on Terror / Patrick Tyler. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010 2010 - 638 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [567]-615) and index.
America in the Middle East -- The Arab awakening: Eisenhower, Nasser, and Suez -- The Six-Day War: Johnson and Israel -- Nixon and Brezhnev: Cold War and International Terror -- Nixon and Kissinger: Yom Kippur: The October War -- Jimmy Carter: Camp David and the struggle with Menachem Begin -- Carter and the Shah: Khomeini's revolution -- The shame of Lebanon: Reagan's warriors in the Middle East -- The Iran-Contra affair: the clash of Saudi and Israeli influence -- Nebuchadnezzar-land: Saddam Hussein and the Persian Gulf War -- Bill Clinton: tilting at peace, flailing at Saddam -- Clinton: fight from terror, lost peace -- George W. Bush: A world of trouble.
Tyler draws on newly opened presidential archives to dramatize the approach to the Middle East across U.S. presidencies from Eisenhower to George W. Bush, showing how each president has managed to undo the policies of his predecessor, often provoking anger against America.
9780374292898 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0374292892 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2008041261
Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.
Middle East--Politics and government--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--21st century.
Middle East--Politics and government--21st century
DS63.2.U5 / T95 2009
327.7305609045 / TYL