04165nam 2200613Ia 450 991077769920332120210527031347.00-231-51160-410.7312/gend14011(CKB)1000000000474453(OCoLC)246970831(CaPaEBR)ebrary10183547(SSID)ssj0000212403(PQKBManifestationID)11201671(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212403(PQKBWorkID)10137415(PQKB)10422910(DE-B1597)461046(OCoLC)979573534(DE-B1597)9780231511605(Au-PeEL)EBL3027861(CaPaEBR)ebr10183547(MiAaPQ)EBC3027861(EXLCZ)99100000000047445319960823d1997 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrNotes from the minefield[electronic resource] United States intervention in Lebanon and the Middle East, 1945-1958 /Irene L. GendzierWith a new prefaceNew York Columbia University Pressc19971 online resource (528 p.)History and Society of the Modern Middle EastBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-231-10474-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-444) and index.Front matter --Contents --List of Maps and Illustrations --Preface --Preface to the 2006 Edition --Part I. The Setting of U.S. Policy --1. The Dynamic of Collaborative Intervention --2. U.S. Postwar Policy and the Middle East --3. Learning Lebanon: A Primer --Part II. Formative Years in the Evolution of U.S. Policy: 1944-1952 --4. Alternating Currents of Criticism and Conformity --5. The Foundations of U.S. Policy, PACLIFT: Petroleum, Aviation, Commerce, Labor, Intelligence, and the Friendship Treaty --6. Altered Circumstances and the Design of U.S. Political Strategy --Part III. The Eisenhower Administration and the Sham'un Regime: A Policy of Information and Consent --7. Pressure Points and Priorities --8. Lebanon: The "Bridgehead in the Orient" --9. Realities of Power in the "Rear Area" --10. Our Man in Beirut --Part IV. Intervening Before Intervention --11. Civil War, May 1958 --12. Doubt, Deliberation, and Preparation --Part V. The Minefield Explodes: U.S. Military Intervention --13. 11,000 Sorties in Search of a Target --14. By Mutual Consent: July-October 1958 --Epilogue: 1958 in Retrospect --Notes --Bibliography --IndexIrene Gendzier's critically acclaimed, wide-reaching analysis of post-World War II U.S. policy in Lebanon posits that the politics of oil and pipelines figured far more significantly in U.S. relations with Lebanon than previously believed. In 1958 the United States sent thousands of troops to shore up the Lebanese regime in the face of domestic opposition and civil war. The justification was preventing a coup in Iraq, but recently declassified documents show that the true objective was to protect America's commercial, political, and strategic interests in Beirut and the Middle East. By reevaluating U.S.-Lebanese relations within the context of America's collaborative intervention with the Lebanese ruling elite, Gendzier aptly demonstrates how oil, power, and politics drove U.S. policy and influenced the development of the state and the region. In her new preface, Gendzier discusses the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the remarkable continuity of U.S. foreign policy from 1945 to the present.International relationsMiddle EastForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsMiddle EastUnited StatesForeign relations1953-1961International relations.327.73056Gendzier Irene L540824MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777699203321Notes from the minefield868031UNINA