Spheres of intervention
Subtitle: US foreign policy and the collapse of Lebanon, 1967-1976
By: James R. Stocker
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781501700774
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Civil War (Lebanon : 1975-1990) fast (OCoLC)fst01352309; Diplomatic relations; Foreign relations; History
Description: "In Spheres of Intervention, James R. Stocker examines the history of diplomatic relations between the United States and Lebanon during a transformational period for Lebanon and a time of dynamic changes in US policy toward the Middle East"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: This is the American policy?; title: Sparks in the tinderbox: the United States, the June war, and the re-making of the Lebanese crisis; title: Compromise in Cairo: the Nixon administration and the Cairo agreement; title: From Cairo to Amman: the United States and Lebanese internal security; title: Plus ça change: international terrorism, detente and the May 1973 crisis; title: Reckoning postponed: from the October war to the civil war; title: Disturbing potential: the United States and the renewed conflict; title: Reluctant interveners: the red line agreement and Brown's mediation; title: Taking its course: the Syrian intervention and its limits; title: Epilogue: The cycle continues.