The Middle East and the United States : a historical and political reassessment

540 Pages·2003·99.166 MB·English

by  David W. Lesch

THE
MIDDLE EAST
AND THE
UNITED STATES
D T N
I I
TORICAL AND
REASSESSMENT
L
BY
D
DAVID LESCH
W.

The Middle East
and the United States

THIRD EDITION
The Middle
East
and
the
United States
A and
Historical Political
Reassessment
edited by
David W. Lesch
Trinity University
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Contents
Preface to the ThirdEdition xi
Noteon the Text xv
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Introduction, David Leseh
PartOne
From Idealismto Realism
Wilsonian Intent to ColdWar Practice
1 The Ironic Legacyofthe King-Crane Commission,James Gelvin 13
2 The "Ambassador tor the Araks": The Locke Mission and the
Unmakingof U.S. Development Diplomacy in the Near East,
1952-1953, PaulW.T. Kingston 30
3 U.S. Foreign PolicyToward Iran Duringthe Mussadiq Era,
Mark Gasiorowski 51
4 Iranian Perceptions of the United States and the Mussadiq Period,
Sussan Siavoshi 66
5 The Mussadiq Era in Iran, 1951-1953: A Contemporary
Diplomat'sView, SirSam Falle 78
Part Two
The ColdWar in the Middle East
6 National Security Concerns in U.S. PolicyToward Egypt,
1949-1956, PeterHalm 89
7 The Perils of Ambiguity: The United States and the Baghdad Pact,
EliePodeh 100
8 TheJekyll-and-Hydc Origins of the U.S.-Jordanian Strategic
Relationship, RobertB. Sat/off 120
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9 The 1957American-Syrian Crisis: Globalist Policy in a
Regional Reality, DavidW.Lesch 33
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10 U.S. Policyand Military Intervention in the 1958 Lebanon Crisis,
ErikaAlin 149
1 The United Statesand Nasserist Pan-Arabism, MalikMufti 168
PartThree
Warand Peace,Warand Peace
1 The 1967Arab-IsraeliWar: U.S. ActionsandArab Perceptions,
FawazA. Gerges 191
13 Flawed Strategiesand Missed Signals: Crisis Bargaining
Between theSuperpowers, October 1973,Janice GrossStein 21
14 The United Statesand Israel: The Natureofa Special Relationship,
BernardReich 233
15 The U.S.-PLO Relationship: From Dialogue to the
White House Lawn,JoAnnA. DiGeorgio-Lutz 252
16 TheSpecifics ofthe MeaningofPeace in the Middle East,
MohamedSid-Ahmed 2775
PartFour
TheGulfCrisis andWar
17 The United States in the Persian Gulf: FromTwin Pillars to
Dual Containment, GarySick 291
18 Kuwait and the United States: The ReluctantAllyand U.S. Policy
Toward the Gulf, ShafeeqN. Ghabra 308
19 U.S. Input into Iraqi Decisionmaking, 1988-1990,AmatziaBaram 328
20 From "Over the Horizon" to "Into the Backyard": The U.S.-Saudi
Relationship and the GulfWar, R Gregory GauseHI 357
21 TheSoviet Union, the GulfWar, and ItsAftermath: ACase Study
in Limited SuperpowerCooperation, RobertO. Freedman 371
PartFive
Retrospective and Reassessment
22 TheSoviet Perception ofthe U.S.Threat, GeorgiyMirsky 397
23 The U.S.-GCC Relationship: Is Ita Glass Leakingora
Glass Filling?John DukeAnthony 406