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" American orientalism : "
Douglas Little
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BL
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701521
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b523710
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| Main Entry
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Little, Douglas,1950-
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American orientalism : : the United States and the Middle East since 1945 /\ Douglas Little
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| Publication Statement
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Chapel Hill :: University of North Carolina Press,, c2004
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xiv, 419 p. :: map ;; 24 cm
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0807855391 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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| Notes
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"With a new epilogue by the author"--Cover
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [377]-400) and index
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| Contents
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Gideon's band in the Holy Land : we're not in Kansas anymore -- Orientalism, American style : the Middle East in the mind of America -- Opening the door : business, diplomacy, and America's stake in Middle East oil -- The making of a special relationship : America and Israel -- A tale of four doctrines : U.S. national security, the Soviet threat, and the Middle East -- Sympathy for the devil? : America, Nasser, and Arab revolutionary nationalism -- Modernizing the Middle East : from reform to revolution in Iraq, Libya, and Iran -- Kicking the Vietnam syndrome : waging limited war from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf -- Opportunities lost and found : the United States and the Arab-Israeli peace process -- Fool's errand or Kodak moment? : America and the Middle East at the dawn of the twenty-first century -- Not your father's Persian Gulf War : the Bush doctrine, Iraq, and Islam
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Arab-Israeli conflict
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Nationalism-- Middle East
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Orientalism-- United States
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Middle East, Relations, United States
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United States, Relations, Middle East
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327.73056
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DS63.2.U5L58 2004
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