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100 1 _aTyler, Patrick.
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245 1 2 _aA world of trouble :
_bthe White House and the Middle East--from the Cold War to the War on Terror /
_cPatrick Tyler.
250 _a1st pbk. ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bFarrar Straus and Giroux,
_c2010.
300 _a638 p. :
_bill. ;
_c21 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
_btxt
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
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338 _2rdacarrier
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aAmerica in the Middle East -- The Arab awakening : Eisenhower, Nasser, and Suez -- The Six-Day War : Johnson and Israel -- Nixon and Brezhnev : Cold War and International Terror -- Nixon and Kissinger : Yom Kippur : the October War -- Jimmy Carter : Camp David and the struggle with Menachem Begin -- Carter and the Shah : Khomeini's revolution -- The shame of Lebanon : Reagan's warriors in the Middle East -- The Iran-Contra affair : the clash of Saudi and Israeli influence -- Nebuchadnezzar-land : Saddam Hussein and the Persian Gulf War -- Bill Clinton : tilting at peace, flailing at Saddam -- Clinton : fight from terror, lost peace -- George W. Bush : a world of trouble.
520 _aTyler draws on newly opened presidential archives to dramatize the approach to the Middle East across U.S. presidencies from Eisenhower to George W. Bush, showing how each president has managed to undo the policies of his predecessor, often provoking anger against America.
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