
Notes From The Minefield
United States Intervention In Lebanon And The Middle East, 1945-1958
Irene L. Gendzier(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 28. March 2019
Book
Hardback
504 pages
978-0-367-00795-9 (ISBN)
Description
Irene Gendzier's critically acclaimed, 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. In 1958 the United States sent thousands of troops to shore up the Lebanese regime in the face of domestic opp
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
873 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-00795-9 (9780367007959)
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Notes From The Minefield
United States Intervention In Lebanon And The Middle East, 1945-1958
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Notes From The Minefield
United States Intervention In Lebanon And The Middle East, 1945-1958
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Irene L. Gendzier
Notes From The Minefield
United States Intervention In Lebanon And The Middle East, 1945-1958
E-Book
03/2019
1st Edition
Routledge
€59.49
Available for download
Content
Preface -- The Setting of U.S. Policy -- The Dynamic of Collaborative Intervention -- U.S. Postwar Policy and the Middle East -- Learning Lebanon: A Primer -- Formative Years in the Evolution of U.S. Policy: 1944-1952 -- Alternating Currents of Criticism and Conformity -- The Foundations of U.S. Policy, PACLIFT: Petroleum, Aviation, Commerce, Labor, Intelligence, and the Friendship Treaty -- Altered Circumstances and the Design of U.S. Political Strategy -- The Eisenhower Administration and the Sham'un Regime: A Policy of Information and Consent -- Pressure Points and Priorities -- Lebanon: The "Bridgehead in the Orient" -- Realities of Power in the "Rear Area" -- Our Man in Beirut -- Intervening before Intervention -- Civil War, May 1958 -- Doubt, Deliberation, and Preparation -- The Minefield Explodes: U.S. Military Intervention -- 11,000 Sorties in Search of a Target -- By Mutual Consent: July-October 1958 -- Epilogue: 1958 in Retrospect