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Author Tyler, Patrick.

Title A world of trouble : the White House and the Middle East--from the Cold War to the War on Terror / Patrick Tyler.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  327.7305609 TYLER    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  327.7305 T971    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  327.73056 TYLER    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  327.7305 TYLER    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  327.73056 TY    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 628 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [557]-605) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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 fomenting anger against America.
Subject Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
ISBN 9780374292898 hardcover alkaline paper
0374292892 hardcover alkaline paper
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