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Notes from the Minefield
Irene L. Gendzier
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Description for Notes from the Minefield
Paperback. Reveals the extent of US complicity in maintaining the Lebanese regime in the face of domestic opposition and civil war. This book discusses the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 as well as the Iraqi revolution of 1958. It also provides an examination of the foundations of US policy in the Middle East. Series: History & Society of the Modern Middle East. Num Pages: 520 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; 1QSM; JPQB; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 817.
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 opposition and civil war. The justification was preventing a coup in Iraq, but recently declassified documents show that the true objective was to protect America's commercial, political, and strategic interests in Beirut and the Middle East. By reevaluating U.S.-Lebanese relations within the context of America's collaborative ... Read more
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 opposition and civil war. The justification was preventing a coup in Iraq, but recently declassified documents show that the true objective was to protect America's commercial, political, and strategic interests in Beirut and the Middle East. By reevaluating U.S.-Lebanese relations within the context of America's collaborative ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
Series
History & Society of the Modern Middle East
Number of Pages
520
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231140119
SKU
V9780231140119
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About Irene L. Gendzier
Irene L. Gendzier is professor of political science at Boston University and author of Development Against Democracy: Manipulating Political Change in the Third World.
Reviews for Notes from the Minefield
Notes from the Minefield is history at its best.
Sally Bland Jordan Times
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