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020 $a9781586485184 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a1586485180 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aDS63.2.U5$bF73 2008
082 00 $a327.73056$222
100 1 $aFreedman, Lawrence.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78098978
245 12 $aA choice of enemies :$bAmerica confronts the Middle East /$cLawrence Freedman.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPublic Affairs,$c[2008], ©2008.
300 $axxviii, 601 pages :$bmaps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 553-569) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tChoosing Enemies -- $g2.$tThe First Wave -- $gPt. 1.$tJimmy Carter -- $g3.$tCamp David -- $g4.$tRevolution in Iran -- $g5.$tUprising in Afghanistan -- $gPt. 2.$tRonald Reagan -- $g6.$tThe Mujahideen -- $g7.$tIn and Out of Beirut -- $g8.$tIraq -- $g9.$tIran-Contra -- $g10.$tThe Tanker War -- $gPt. 3.$tGeorge H. W. Bush -- $g11.$tIraq Takes Kuwait -- $g12.$tDesert Storm -- $g13.$tIntifada -- $gPt. 4.$tWilliam Clinton -- $g14.$tDual Containment -- $g15.$tReturn to Camp David -- $g16.$tChoosing America -- $gPt. 5.$tGeorge W. Bush -- $g17.$tThe War on Terror -- $g18.$tRegime Change -- $g19.$tInsurgency -- $g20.$tSuicides and Assassinations -- $g21.$tThe Main Enemy? -- $g22.$tFriends and Enemies.
520 1 $a"In recent decades the Middle East has proved to be one of the most troubling as well as important parts of the world. The war in Iraq, the standoff with Iran, the regular failures to find a diplomatic solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the continuing danger posed by al Qaeda all testify to the intractability of the region's problems." "Presidents from Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush have grappled with the region's persistent and cross-cutting conflicts, and confronted fundamental questions about the use of force, the role of allies, and international law. In A Choice of Enemies, Lawrence Freedman shows how three events in 1979 set the terms for the later U.S. involvement in the Middle East: the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty; the Islamic revolution in Iran leading to the Shah's overthrow followed by the American embassy siege; and the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan. Through a series of vivid accounts he describes the many dramas into which the U.S. was then drawn, including the withdrawal from Beirut, the Iran-Contra Affair, and 9/11."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aMiddle East$xForeign relations$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002448
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zMiddle East.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002449
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001002071
650 0 $aAfghan War, 2001-2021.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004004460
650 0 $aIraq War, 2003-2011.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003059
852 00 $bleh$hDS63.2.U5$iF73 2008
852 00 $bleh$hDS63.2.U5$iF73 2008