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BL
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982106
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b736476
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| Main Entry
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Tyler, Patrick.
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| Title & Author
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A world of trouble : : the White House and the Middle East--from the Cold War to the War on Terror /\ Patrick Tyler.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,, ©2009.
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| Page. NO
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628 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0374292892
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: 9780374292898
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 557-605) and index.
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| Contents
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America 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.
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| Abstract
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Tyler 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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Außenpolitik
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Diplomatic relations.
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Politics and government
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Middle East, Foreign relations, United States.
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Middle East, Politics and government, 20th century.
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Middle East, Politics and government, 21st century.
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United States, Foreign relations, Middle East.
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United States, Politics and government, 20th century.
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United States, Politics and government, 21st century.
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Middle East, Foreign relations, United States.
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Middle East, Politics and government, 20th century.
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Middle East, Politics and government, 21st century.
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Middle East.
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Naher Osten
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United States, Foreign relations, Middle East.
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United States, Politics and government, 20th century.
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United States, Politics and government, 21st century.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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327.7305609/045
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| LC Classification
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DS63.2.U5T95 2009
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