Nearest East
Subtitle: American millennialism and mission to the Middle East
By: Hans-Lukas Kieser.
Series: Politics, history, and social change
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781439902226
Subjects: Millennialism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History; Christianity and politics -- United States -- History; Missionaries -- United States -- History; Missionaries -- Middle East -- History; Christian Zionism -- United States -- History; United States -- Relations -- Middle East; Middle East -- Relations -- United States; United States -- Relations -- Israel; Israel -- Relations -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The United States and the Near East, circa 1800; title: A quest for "Zion" and peace on Earth : mission to the Bible lands; title: Dream and trauma : missionary America and young Turkey, 1908-1923; title: Oil, Palestine-Israel, and empire of the good; title: American steps and shortcuts to "Zion" after 1967.