Notes from the Minefield: United States Intervention in Lebanon and the Middle East, 1945-1958 (Interventions: Theory & Contemporary Politics)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: December 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9780813366890
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Central government policies; International relations; Warfare & Defence; c 1945 to c 1960; Middle East - General; Political Science; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; Mediterranean Sea; Middle East; USA; International Relations - General; History & Theory - General
First sentence: In July 1958, close to 15,000 marines landed in Beirut, while some 11,000 air sorties were over Lebanon.
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : The setting of U.S. policy.; title: The dynamic of collaborative intervention; title: U.S. postwar policy and the Middle East; title: Learning Lebanon : a primer; title: Part 2 : Formative years in the evolution of U.S. policy : 1944-1952.; title: Alternating currents of criticism and conformity; title: The foundations of U.S. policy, PACLIFT : Petroleum, Aviation, Commerce, Labor, Intelligence, and the Friendship Treaty; title: Altered circumstances and the design of U.S. political strategy; title: Part 3 : The Eisenhower administration and the Sham'un regime : a policy of information and consent.; title: Pressure points and priorities; title: Lebanon : the "bridgehead in the Orient"; title: Realities of power in the "rear area"; title: Our man in Beirut; title: Part 4 : Intervening before intervention.; title: Civil war, May 1958; title: Doubt, deliberation, and preparation; title: Part 5 : The minefield explodes : U.S. military intervention.; title: 11,000 sorties in search of a target; title: By mutual consent : July-October 1958; title: Epilogue : 1958 in retrospect