
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. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
482 pages
978-0-367-15782-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book situates the origins of U.S. policy in Lebanon in post-World War II and U.S. policy in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. It identifies the earliest expression of U.S. economic interests in Beirut in terms of postwar U.S. policies on oil and aviation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
723 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-15782-1 (9780367157821)
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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
Part I: The Setting of U.S. Policy 1. The Dynamic of Collaborative Intervention 2. U.S. Postwar Policy and the Middle East 3. Learning Lebanon: A Primer Part II: Formative Years in the Evolution of U.S. Policy: 1944-1952 4. Alternating Currents of Criticism and Conformity 5. The Foundations of U.S. Policy, PACLIFT: Petroleum, Aviation, Commerce, Labor, Intelligence, and the Friendship Treaty 6. Altered Circumstances and the Design of U.S. Political Strategy Part III: The Eisenhower Administration and the Sham'un Regime: A Policy of Information and Consent 7. Pressure Points and Priorities 8. Lebanon: The "Bridgehead in the Orient" 9. Realities of Power in the "Rear Area" 10. Our Man in Beirut Part IV: Intervening Before Intervention 11. Civil War, May 1958 12. Doubt, Deliberation, and Preparation Part V: The Minefield Explodes: U.S. Military Intervention 13. 11,000 Sorties in Search of a Target 14. By Mutual Consent: July-October 1958