A world of trouble
Subtitle: the White House and the Middle East--from the Cold War to the War on Terror
By: Patrick Tyler
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 638
ISBN-13: 9780374532000
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [567]-615) and index.
Table of contents: title: America in the Middle East; title: The Arab awakening : Eisenhower, Nasser, and Suez; title: The Six-Day War: Johnson and Israel; title: Nixon and Brezhnev: Cold War and International Terror; title: Nixon and Kissinger: Yom Kippur: The October War; title: Jimmy Carter: Camp David and the struggle with Menachem Begin; title: Carter and the Shah: Khomeini's revolution; title: The shame of Lebanon: Reagan's warriors in the Middle East; title: The Iran-Contra affair: the clash of Saudi and Israeli influence; title: Nebuchadnezzar-land: Saddam Hussein and the Persian Gulf War; title: Bill Clinton: tilting at peace, flailing at Saddam; title: Clinton: fight from terror, lost peace; title: George W. Bush: A world of trouble.