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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 / Irene L. Gendzier.
ISBN
0429037813
9780429037818
Publication
London : Routledge, 2018.
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1 online resource
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"First published 1999 by Westview Press"--Title page verso
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Summary
A 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. By reevaluating U.S.-Lebanese relations within the context of America's collaborative intervention with the Lebanese ruling elite, Gendzier aptly demonstrates how oil, power, and politics drove U.S. policy as well as influenced the development of the state and region of Lebanon.
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Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 07, 2024
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
pt. 1. The setting of U.S. policy. The dynamic of collaborative intervention
U.S. postwar policy and the Middle East
Learning Lebanon : a primer
pt. 2. 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
pt. 3. 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
pt. 4. Intervening before intervention. Civil War, May 1958
Doubt, deliberation, and preparation
pt. 5. 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.
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