This book explores three themes. The Eisenhower Administration's overriding Cold War goal in the oil-rich Middle East was minimizing Soviet influence. Second, Soviet support for Arab opposition to British colonialism and Israeli Zionism prompted Arab nationalists to embrace neutralism in the Cold War. Third, Eisenhower and Dulles perceived neutral Arab nationalism as virtually tantamount to pro-communism. Syria, the most xenophobic Arab state, was deemed most susceptible to Soviet enticements. This book concludes that U.S. policies in Syria went awry, provoking Syria to collaborate even more closely with the Soviet Union.…mehr
This book explores three themes. The Eisenhower Administration's overriding Cold War goal in the oil-rich Middle East was minimizing Soviet influence. Second, Soviet support for Arab opposition to British colonialism and Israeli Zionism prompted Arab nationalists to embrace neutralism in the Cold War. Third, Eisenhower and Dulles perceived neutral Arab nationalism as virtually tantamount to pro-communism. Syria, the most xenophobic Arab state, was deemed most susceptible to Soviet enticements. This book concludes that U.S. policies in Syria went awry, provoking Syria to collaborate even more closely with the Soviet Union.
BONNIE F. SAUNDERS is Adjunct Professor of History at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts, Teikyo Post University in Waterbury, Connecticut and at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut.
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Preface Abbreviations Used in the Notes The United States Arab Nationalism and Syria Before 1953 A New Cold War Front: Syria and U.S. Fear of Soviet Expansion 1953-1956 American Intrigue Against Syria Triangle of Crisis 1957: Syria the United States and Turkey Conclusion and Aftermath Bibliography Index
Preface Abbreviations Used in the Notes The United States Arab Nationalism and Syria Before 1953 A New Cold War Front: Syria and U.S. Fear of Soviet Expansion 1953-1956 American Intrigue Against Syria Triangle of Crisis 1957: Syria the United States and Turkey Conclusion and Aftermath Bibliography Index
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