Caught in the Middle East: U. S. Policy Toward the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1945-1961American postwar efforts to ameliorate Arab-Israeli relations entangled the United States in the Arab-Israeli conflict in complex ways. Peter L. Hahn explores the diplomatic and cultural factors that influenced the policies of Presidents Truman and Eisenh |
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... region and around the world . Stability in the region , these leaders assumed , would help them safeguard their vital interests and prevail in the Cold War . Conversely , they feared that instability would open the region to Soviet ...
... region and around the world . Stability in the region , these leaders assumed , would help them safeguard their vital interests and prevail in the Cold War . Conversely , they feared that instability would open the region to Soviet ...
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... regional stability , however , U.S. officials subsumed their peacemaking to other Cold War interests . The U.S. ... region at peace under Soviet influence . In the end , the United States failed to resolve the overall Arab - Israeli ...
... regional stability , however , U.S. officials subsumed their peacemaking to other Cold War interests . The U.S. ... region at peace under Soviet influence . In the end , the United States failed to resolve the overall Arab - Israeli ...
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... region that lasted beyond the end of the Cold War . Truman's and Eisenhower's involvement in the Arab- Israeli conflict began an enduring U.S. effort to make peace in the region . By 1961 , the United States had developed a policy of ...
... region that lasted beyond the end of the Cold War . Truman's and Eisenhower's involvement in the Arab- Israeli conflict began an enduring U.S. effort to make peace in the region . By 1961 , the United States had developed a policy of ...
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... regional balance of power marked by " loosely struc- tured , shifting coalitions derived from temporarily shared interests . " Although the Arab states shared such ideologies as pan - Arab unity , revolutionary social- ism , and ...
... regional balance of power marked by " loosely struc- tured , shifting coalitions derived from temporarily shared interests . " Although the Arab states shared such ideologies as pan - Arab unity , revolutionary social- ism , and ...
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... regional conflict and why they implemented certain policies toward it and explains the making of U.S. policy in its global , regional , and binational dimensions . While focused mainly on diplomatic and security issues , this work also ...
... regional conflict and why they implemented certain policies toward it and explains the making of U.S. policy in its global , regional , and binational dimensions . While focused mainly on diplomatic and security issues , this work also ...
Contents
GENESIS The Palestine Conflict to 1945 | 9 |
SECURITY AND POLITICS The Context of US Policy toward Palestine after 1945 | 20 |
AMBIVALENCE Trumans Policy toward Palestine 19451947 | 32 |
DIPLOMACY AND CONFLICT The Creation of Israel and the ArabIsraeli War of 19481949 | 44 |
Part II | 65 |
SECURITY COMMITMENTS US Strategic Interests in the Middle East 19491953 | 67 |
PRESIDENTIAL PASSIVITY Truman and the Peace Process 19491953 | 86 |
REPATRIATION VERSUS RESETTLEMENT The Palestinian Refugee Crisis 19491953 | 99 |
CORNUCOPIA OF CONFLICT Water Jerusalem Refugees and Trade 19531955 | 170 |
STILLBORN The US Peace Process and the Resumption of War 19551956 | 182 |
DESPERATION DIPLOMACY US Policy during the SuezSinai War of 1956 | 194 |
PERSISTENT CONFLICT The Aftermath of the SuezSinai War | 210 |
Part IV | 221 |
SECURITY AFFIRMED US Regional Considerations in the Middle East after the SuezSinai War | 223 |
CONTAINING CONFLICT US Efforts to Avert ArabIsraeli Clashes 19571961 | 235 |
SELECTIVE ACTIVISM US Efforts to Solve ArabIsraeli Disputes 19571961 | 248 |
HOLY PLACES The Question of Jerusalem 19491953 | 112 |
TANGLED WEB The US Failure to Solve Multiple Controversies 19491953 | 123 |
THE IMPACT OF CONFLICT US Relations with Israel and the Arab States 19491953 | 133 |
Part III | 145 |
COLD WAR FRAMEWORK US Perspectives on the Middle East 19531957 | 147 |
BORDER WARS Eisenhower Dulles and ArabIsraeli Frontiers 19531955 | 158 |
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References to this book
Contemporary Israel: Domestic Politics, Foreign Policy, and Security Challenges Robert O Freedman No preview available - 2008 |