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
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9781439902226
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-200) 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.