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US Foreign Service Women in the Middle East and Islamic North Africa, 1945-2001
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US Foreign Service Women in the Middle East and Islamic North Africa, 1945-2001 [electronic resource] / by Anthony J. Barker.
ISBN
9783031467561
Edition
1st ed. 2023.
Publication
Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource (X, 374 p.)
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Summary
Focusing on the attitudes and experiences of American female diplomats and spouses, this book examines the social, political, and cultural dimensions of American interactions with the Middle East and North Africa in the five decades after the Second World War. A turbulent period, marked by conflicts associated with the Cold War and decolonization, it was also characterized by changing attitudes to women at odds with those in Moslem societies. The impact of those changes is explored throughout this book, principally drawing on personal oral histories included in the 'Frontline Diplomacy' collection, but reinforced by cables passing between regional U.S. embassies and the State Department in Washington DC. Anthony J. Barker is Associate Professor and Senior Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia (UWA). His publications include twelve previous books on Australian, British, sporting and especially United States history.
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Language
English
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January 17, 2024
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Israel: The Crucial American Commitment in the Middle East
Chapter 3. Saudi Arabia: Aramco; the Hajj; Female Workers-Glimpses of Yemen
Chapter 4. Reactions to Nasser's Egypt and the Suez War of 1956
Chapter 5. Inside Iran Before and During the 1979 Hostage Crisis
Chapter 6. Inside Iraq Before and During the Era of Saddam Hussein
Chapter 7. African-American Foreign Service Women
Chapter 8. Exploring Islam and International Relations in the Post-Colonial Maghreb
Chapter 9. Coping with Political and Climatic Challenges in the Western Sahel
Chapter 10. Inside Chad: North-South Upheavals in the Eastern Sahel
Chapter 11. Confronting Religious and Regional Conflicts in Sudan
Chapter 12. Amid Middle East Turmoil: Lebanon, Syria, Israel
Chapter 13. Reacting to Violence and Terrorism Enroute to Nine Eleven 2001
Chapter 14. Conclusion./.
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