Notes from the Minefield: United States Intervention in Lebanon and the Middle East, 1945-1958
Editorial Reviews
Richard Falk Princeton University
Irene Gendzier's argument is tightly presented and coherent, and the overall story of the antecedent to the 1958 U.S. intervention in Lebanon is told with insight, clarity, and on the basis of an excellent use of primary research materials. This book will be looked upon as a model for the presentation of a well-evidenced argument on the nature of U.S. foreign relations with Lebanon, and more generally, with the Middle East.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Book Description
Gendzier provides a comprehensive account of post-World War II U.S. policy in the Middle East and posits that the politics of oil and pipelines figured far more significantly in U.S. relations with Lebanon than previously believed. The preservation of the Lebanese status quo to assure the protection of U.S. commercial, political, and strategic interests in Beirut and the Middle East led to U.S. intervention in Lebanon's first civil war of 1958.
The most wide-reaching analysis of U.S. foreign policy in Lebanon from Truman to Eisenhower, Notes from the Minefield reveals the extent of U.S. complicity in maintaining the Lebanese regime in the face of domestic opposition and civil war. Featuring a new introduction in which the author discusses the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 as well as the Iraqi revolution of 1958, this volume provides a timely examination of the foundations of U.S. policy in the Middle East. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Notes from the Minefield: United States Intervention in Lebanon and the Middle East, 1945-1958,Irene L. Gendzier,Westview Press,0813366895,History & Theory - General,History - General History,International Relations - General,Middle East - General,Political Science,Politics/International Relations
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