Containing Arab Nationalism
Subtitle: The Eisenhower Doctrine and the Middle East (The New Cold War History)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: September 26, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780807855089
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Central government policies; International relations; Nationalism; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Middle East - General; History & Theory - General; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Middle East; USA; Modern - 20th Century; International Relations - General; Political Ideologies - Nationalism; Foreign relations; United States; 1953-1961; Arab nationalism
First sentence: Between late 1941, when the United States entered World War II,and late 1956, when it helped force an end to the Suez war, official American attitudes toward the Middle East underwent a radical transformation.