Notes from the Minefield
Subtitle: United States Intervention in Lebanon and the Middle East, 1945-1958 / Irene L. Gendzier; With a New Preface
Publisher: Not Avail
Published: November 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9780231511605
Description: A wide-reaching analysis of post-World War II U.S. policy in Lebanon posits that the politics of oil and pipelines figured far more significantly in U.S. relations with Lebanon than previously believed. By reevaluating U.S.-Lebanese relations within the context of America's collaborative intervention with the Lebanese ruling elite, Gendzier aptly demonstrates how oil, power, and politics drove U.S. policy as well as influenced the development of the state and region of Lebanon.