Shifting sands :: the United States in the Middle East /

Joel S. Migdal focuses on the approach U.S. officials adopted toward the Middle East after World War II, one that paid scant attention to tectonic shifts in the region. The United States did not restrict its strategic model to the Middle East?beginning with Harry S. Truman, American presidents appli...

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1. Verfasser: Migdal, Joel S. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014.
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Zusammenfassung:Joel S. Migdal focuses on the approach U.S. officials adopted toward the Middle East after World War II, one that paid scant attention to tectonic shifts in the region. The United States did not restrict its strategic model to the Middle East?beginning with Harry S. Truman, American presidents applied a uniform strategy rooted in the country's Cold War experience in Europe to regions across the globe, designed to project America into nearly every corner of the world while limiting costs and overreach. The approach was simple: find a local power that could play Great Britain's role.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (423 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231536349
0231536348
1306776589
9781306776585

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