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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782421203321

Autore

DeNovo John A (John August), <1916-2000.>

Titolo

American interests and policies in the Middle East, 1900-1939 / / John A. DeNovo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , [1963]

ISBN

0-8166-5742-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xii, 447 pages) : maps

Disciplina

327.73056

Soggetti

United States Relations Middle East

Middle East Relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-410) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Abbreviations; Table of Contents; 1 The Heritage of the Nineteenth Century; 2 The United States and the Middle East, 1900-1914; 3 Dollar Diplomacy in Turkey: The Chester Project, 1908-1913; 4 The Disruption of the Ottoman Empire, 1914-1920; 5 The Lausanne Conference and Its Aftermath; 6 A Stake in Middle Eastern Oil, 1919-1939; 7 The Postwar Chester Project; 8 The Turkish Republic before World War II; 9 Iran between the Wars; 10 The Arab East between the Wars; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Scholars concerned with the diplomatic history of the United States have largely neglected the subject of American relations with the Middle East during the four decades before World War I. With this study, Professor DeNovo fills the gap by describing an