US Foreign Policy in the Middle East: The Roots of Anti-Americanism

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ISBN: 9780415410496 | 0415410495
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Copyright: 6/24/2008

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This text covers US foreign policy in the Middle East since the latter part of the twentieth century to the present. It includes historical background on the Israeli/Arab Wars, Iran, intervention in Afghanistan and Iraq, the wars of the Persian Gulf, Israel Palestine, September 11 and the rise of Islamist movements. In particular the book charts how foreign policy decisions have led to the rise of Anti-Americanism in the region.

List of maps	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Middle East in the Colonial Period	p. 8
Introduction	p. 8
The fall of the Ottomans and the Hashemite Dynasty	p. 10
The Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1916 and the balfour declaration of 1917	p. 13
The post-war era: the King-Crane commission and the Mandates	p. 17
Great Power Influences, Zionism and the Middle East	p. 25
Introduction	p. 25
Zionism: the road to statehood	p. 26
Zionism during the war	p. 33
Al-Nakba/the Israeli War of Independence	p. 37
Conclusion	p. 42
Israel and the Arabs at War: Superpower Dimensions and the Israeli-US Alliance	p. 46
Introduction	p. 46
1956: the Suez War	p. 47
1967: the Six-Day War	p. 49
1973: the Yom Kippur/Ramadan War	p. 56
1982: the Lebanon War	p. 60
2006: the July War	p. 63
Conclusion	p. 65
Islamism and the Iranian Revolution	p. 70
Introduction	p. 69
Historical background	p. 71
The Iranian Revolution	p. 76
The Shia dimension	p. 85
Conclusion	p. 85
Proxy War: the Superpowers in Afghanistan	p. 89
Introduction	p. 89
Historical context	p. 90
Reasons for the Soviet decision	p. 93
Regional reactions	p. 96
The role of the United States	p. 97
Case study: the Stinger controversy	p. 98
Resolution of the Afghan conflict	p. 101
Conclusion	p. 104
Wars in the Persian Gulf	p. 109
Introduction	p. 109
Historical background	p. 110
Iran-Iraq tension	p. 114
The superpowers' involvement	p. 118
After the Iran-Iraq War	p. 123
Regional tensions: water and oil	p. 124
Operation Desert Storm	p. 128
Outcomes of Desert Storm	p. 131
Conclusion	p. 132
Israel and Palestine: the Failure to Find Peace and the Role of the United States	p. 136
Introduction	p. 136
The first uprising: Intifada 1987	p. 140
The emergence of HAMAS	p. 141
The Oslo Accords (September 1993)	p. 142
Oslo's failure and the al-Aqsa Intifada	p. 144
Israel's security wall	p. 151
The Gaza withdrawal	p. 152
Conclusion	p. 155
The Iraq 'Adventure' and Arab Perceptions of the Unites States	p. 160
Iraq: the road to war	p. 161
Arab discontent	p. 170
Conclusion	p. 172
Conclusion	p. 177
The United States and Israel	p. 179
The United States and the Palestinians	p. 180
The United States and Iraq	p. 183
The United States and the Middle East: where to from here?	p. 185
Index	p. 187
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