A choice of enemies
Subtitle: America confronts the Middle East
By: Lawrence Freedman
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 601
ISBN-13: 9780297853121; 9780297854357
Subjects: Foreign relations; Politics and government; Diplomatic relations; Außenpolitik; Arab-Israeli conflict
Description: A prize-winning historian takes an exceptionally clear-eyed look at America's strategic predicament in the Middle East, over the past 30 years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Dramatis personae --; title: Maps --; title: Preface -- -- 1.; title: Choosing enemies -- -- 2.; title: The first wave -- -- pt. 1.; title: Jimmy Carter -- -- 3.; title: Camp David -- -- 4.; title: Revolution in Iran -- -- 5.; title: Uprising in Afghanistan -- -- pt. 2.; title: Ronald Reagan -- -- 6.; title: The Mujahideen -- -- 7.; title: In and out of Beirut -- -- 8.; title: Iraq -- -- 9.; title: Iran-Contra -- -- 10.; title: The Tanker War -- -- pt. 3.; title: George H.W. Bush -- -- 11.; title: Iraq takes Kuwait -- -- 12.; title: Desert Storm -- -- 13.; title: Intifada -- -- pt. 4.; title: William Clinton -- -- 14.; title: Dual containment -- -- 15.; title: Return to Camp David -- -- 16.; title: Choosing America -- -- pt. 5.; title: George W. Bush -- -- 17.; title: The War on Terror -- -- 18.; title: Regime change -- -- 19.; title: Insurgency -- -- 20.; title: Suicides and assassinations -- -- 21.; title: The main enemy? -- -- 22.; title: Friends and enemies --; title: Acknowledgments --; title: Notes --; title: Bibliography --; title: Index.