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Autore |
Bass Warren |
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Titolo |
Support any friend [[electronic resource] ] : Kennedy's Middle East and the making of the U.S.-Israel alliance / / Warren Bass |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-988431-5 |
0-19-534736-6 |
1-280-83822-1 |
9786610838226 |
1-4294-3252-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (359 p.) |
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Collana |
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Council on Foreign Relations Book |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Arab-Israeli conflict |
United States Foreign relations Israel |
Israel Foreign relations United States |
United States Foreign relations Middle East |
Middle East Foreign relations United States |
United States Foreign relations 1961-1963 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-314) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Map; Introduction A Time to Fish; CHAPTER ONE Kennedy's Inheritance; CHAPTER TWO The Making of the President; CHAPTER THREE Uncle Sam and Mister Big; CHAPTER FOUR Nasser's Vietnam; CHAPTER FIVE Israel's Missile Gap; CHAPTER SIX The Delicate Matter; CONCLUSION A Time to Cut Bait; Chronology; Dramatis Personae; Notes; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Credits; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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At the Cold War's height, John F. Kennedy set precedents that continue to shape America's encounter with the Middle East. Here Warren Bass takes readers inside the corridors of power to show how Kennedy's New Frontiersmen grappled with the Middle East. He explains why the fiery Nasser spurned Washington's overtures and stumbled into a Middle Eastern Vietnam. He shows how Israel persuaded the Kennedy |
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