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Preface to the Fifth Edition | |
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Note on the Text | |
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Map of the Middle East | |
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Introduction | |
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From Idealism to Realism: Wilsonian Intent to Cold War Practice | |
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The Ironic Legacy of the King-Crane Commission | |
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The �Ambassador for the Arabs�: The Locke Mission and the Unmaking of US Development Diplomacy in the Near East, 1952-1953 | |
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US Foreign Policy Toward Iran During the Mussadiq Era | |
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The Mussadiq Era in Iran, 1951-1953: A Contemporary Diplomats View | |
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National Security Concerns in US Policy Toward Egypt, 1949-1956 | |
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The Perils of Ambiguity: The United States and the Baghdad Pact | |
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The 1957 American-Syrian Crisis: Globalist Policy in a Regional Reality | |
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The United States and Nasserist Pan-Arabism | |
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The Soviet Perception of the US Threat | |
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The Superpowers and the Cold War in the Middle East | |
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Arab-Israeli War and Peace | |
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The 1967 Arab-Israeli War: US Actions and Arab Perceptions | |
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Flawed Strategies and Missed Signals: Crisis Bargaining Between the Superpowers, October 1973 | |
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The United States and Israel: The Nature of a Special Relationship | |
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From Madrid and Oslo to Camp David: The United States and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1991-2001 | |
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George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict | |
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Fight or Talk: US-Syrian Relations Since 2000 | |
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Allies and Enemies in the Gulf and Beyond | |
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Americans and the Muslim World-First Encounters | |
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The United States in the Persian Gulf: From Twin Pillars to Dual Containment | |
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From �Over the Horizon� to �Into the Backyard�: The US-Saudi Relationship in the Gulf | |
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The Iraq War of 2003: Why Did the United States Decide to Invade? | |
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What Went Wrong in Iraq? | |
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The Push and Pull of Strategic Cooperation: The US Relationship with Turkey in the Middle East | |
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The United States and Afghanistan: From Marginality to Strategic Concern | |
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Ideology and Iran's American Policies, 1997-2008 | |
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Is It Time for the United States to Give Up on Arab Liberals? | |
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Islamist Perceptions of US Policy in the Middle East | |
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US Relations with al-Qa'ida | |
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New US Policies for a New Middle East? | |
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About the Editors and Contributors | |
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Index | |