01601cam a22003254a 4500 15854944 20130203114052.0 090805s2010 pau b 001 0 eng 2009032146 9781439902226 (cloth : alk. paper) 303.48273056 22 KIE Kieser, Hans-Lukas. 32314 Nearest East : American Millennialism and Mission to the Middle East / Hans-Lukas Kieser. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2010. x, 213 p. : 24 cm. Politics, history, and social change Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-200) and index. The United States and the Near East, circa 1800 -- A quest for "Zion" and peace on Earth : mission to the Bible lands -- Dream and trauma : missionary America and young Turkey, 1908-1923 -- Oil, Palestine-Israel, and empire of the good -- American steps and shortcuts to "Zion" after 1967. Millennialism Political aspects United States History. 32315 Christianity and politics United States History. 32316 Missionaries United States History. 32317 Missionaries Middle East History. 32318 Christian Zionism United States History. 32319 United States Relations Middle East. 32320 Middle East Relations United States. 32321 United States Relations Israel. 32322 Israel Relations United States. 32323 Pol February2013 ddc BB 17207 17179 0 0 ddc 0 0 MERIC MAIN MAIN 1ST 2013-02-03 purchase 486.00 000263 1 1 303.48273056 KIE 000027971 2025-07-15 00:00:00 2015-11-25 BB