02499cam a2200361 a 4500 15456724 20160727152423.0 080918s2010 nyua |rb 001 0 eng 2008041261 9780374292898 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0374292892 (hardcover : alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn216941704 (OCoLC)216941704 DLC DLC BTCTA BAKER YDXCP UPZ C#P BWX ZJI CDX WIQ IXA VP@ DLC aw----- n-us--- DS63.2.U5 T95 2009 327.7305609045 22 TYL Tyler, Patrick. 22785 A World of Trouble : The White House and the Middle East--from the Cold War to the War on Terror / Patrick Tyler. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010 2010 638 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [567]-615) and index. 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. 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. Middle East Foreign relations United States. 22786 United States Foreign relations Middle East. 22787 Middle East Politics and government 20th century. 22788 United States Politics and government 20th century. 22789 United States Politics and government 21st century. 22791 22790 Middle East Politics and government 21st century ddc BB 15048 15048 0 0 ddc 0 0 AUC MAIN MAIN 1ST 2011-04-03 purchase 96.00 11 24 327.7305609045 TYL 000023104 2025-07-15 00:00:00 2018-11-19 BB