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

The third edition of this acclaimed survey brings together scholars and diplomats from the Middle East, Europe, and North America to provide an objective, cross-cultural assessment of U.S. policy toward the Middle East. The Third Edition has been completely revised and updated. It includes entirely new chapters on U.S.-Afghanistan relations from the Soviet invasion to Osama bin Laden, recent developments in U.S.-Turkey relations, and the historic Baghdad Pact. More than ever, The Middle East and the United States provides compellingly comprehensive and authoritative coverage of US foreign policy and Middle East political history from World War I through the Cold War and Gulf War to the present.