Irene L Gendzier

Notes From The Minefield (eBook, ePUB)

United States Intervention In Lebanon And The Middle East, 1945-1958

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Irene Gendzier's critically acclaimed, wide-reaching analysis of post-World War II U.S. policy in Lebanon posits that the politics of oil and pipelines figured far more significantly in U.S. relations with Lebanon than previously believed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 522
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429711299
• Artikelnr.: 55724543

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
The Setting of U.S. Policy
The Dynamic of Collaborative Intervention
U.S. Postwar Policy and the Middle East
Learning Lebanon: A Primer
Formative Years in the Evolution of U.S. Policy: 1944
1952
Alternating Currents of Criticism and Conformity
The Foundations of U.S. Policy, PACLIFT: Petroleum, Aviation, Commerce, Labor, Intelligence, and the Friendship Treaty
Altered Circumstances and the Design of U.S. Political Strategy
The Eisenhower Administration and the Sham'un Regime: A Policy of Information and Consent
Pressure Points and Priorities
Lebanon: The "Bridgehead in the Orient"
Realities of Power in the "Rear Area"
Our Man in Beirut
Intervening before Intervention
Civil War, May 1958
Doubt, Deliberation, and Preparation
The Minefield Explodes: U.S. Military Intervention
11,000 Sorties in Search of a Target
By Mutual Consent: July
October 1958
Epilogue: 1958 in Retrospect