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American orientalism : the United States and the Middle East since 1945 /

Little, Douglas, 1950-

American orientalism : the United States and the Middle East since 1945 / Douglas Little. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2002. - xiv, 407 p. : map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-387) and index.

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 -- Fool's errand or Kodak moment? : America and the Middle East at the dawn of the twenty-first century.

0807827371 (cloth : alk. paper)

2002003989


Orientalism--United States.
Nationalism--Middle East.
Arab-Israeli conflict.


Middle East--Relations--United States.
United States--Relations--Middle East.

DS63.2.U5 / L58 2002

327.73056/09/045

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