A world of trouble
Subtitle: America in the Middle East
By: Patrick Tyler
Publisher: Portobello
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781846270208
Subjects: Foreign relations; Diplomatic relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references 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.