American orientalism
Subtitle: the United States and the Middle East since 1945
By: Douglas Little.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9780807858981
Subjects: Orientalism -- United States.; Nationalism -- Middle East.; Arab-Israeli conflict.; United States -- Relations -- Middle East.; Middle East -- Relations -- United States.
Notes: Chaps 1-8 updated, previous Conclusion and Epilogue replaced by new chapter.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-419) and index.
Table of contents: value: Gideon's band in the Holy Land : we're not in Kansas anymore; value: Orientalism, American style : the Middle East in the mind of America; value: Opening the door : business, diplomacy, and America's stake in Middle East oil; value: The making of a special relationship : America and Israel; value: A tale of four doctrines : U.S. national security, the Soviet threat, and the Middle East; value: Sympathy for the devil? : America, Nasser, and Arab revolutionary nationalism; value: Modernizing the Middle East : from reform to revolution in Iraq, Libya, and Iran; value: Kicking the Vietnam syndrome : waging limited war from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf; value: Opportunities lost and found : the United States and the Arab-Israeli peace process; value: Not your father's Persian Gulf War: The Bush doctrine, Iraq and radical Islam.