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Record Nr.

UNINA9910799234903321

Autore

Barker Anthony J.

Titolo

US Foreign Service Women in the Middle East and Islamic North Africa, 1945-2001 / / Anthony J. Barker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

3-031-46756-6

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 pages)

Disciplina

327.73009252

Soggetti

Women diplomats - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Introduction -- Israel: The Crucial American Commitment in the Middle East -- Saudi Arabia: Aramco -- the Hajj -- Female Workers-Glimpses of Yemen -- Yemen -- Reactions to Nasser's Egypt and the Suez War of 1956 -- Inside Iran Before and During the 1979 Hostage Crisis -- Inside Iraq Before and During the Era of Saddam Hussein -- African-American Foreign Service Women -- Exploring Islam and International Relations in the Post-Colonial Maghreb -- Coping with Political and Climatic Challenges in the Western Sahel -- Mauritania -- Mali -- Niger -- Inside Chad: North-South Upheavals in the Eastern Sahel -- Confronting Religious and Regional Conflicts in Sudan -- Amid Middle East Turmoil: Lebanon, Syria, Israel -- Reacting to Violence and Terrorism Enroute to Nine Eleven 2001 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Oral History Interviews -- Female Foreign Service Officers and Spouses Interviewed by Women Before 1988 -- Female Foreign Service Officers and Spouses Interviewed by C.S. Kennedy 1990-2016 -- Female Foreign Service Officers and Spouses Interviewed by Men Other Than C.S. Kennedy 1988-2019 -- Male Foreign Service Officers Interviewed by C.S. Kennedy 1989-2010 -- Female Foreign Service Officers and Spouses Interviewed by Jewell Fenzi 1988-1998 -- Female Foreign Service Officers and Spouses Interviewed by Women Other Than Jewell Fenzi 1988-2017 -- Documents by Region -- Middle East -- Israel -- Saudi Arabia -- Egypt --



Miscellaneous Documents -- Iran -- Iraq -- Lebanon -- North Africa -- Algeria -- Morocco and Mauritania -- Secondary Sources -- Index.