LEADER 03270nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910465034903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4696-0278-4 010 $a0-8078-6931-7 035 $a(CKB)3520000000000151 035 $a(EBL)775301 035 $a(OCoLC)754582758 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000537810 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11334262 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537810 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10554320 035 $a(PQKB)10479251 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000244017 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC775301 035 $a(OCoLC)867785908 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23430 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL775301 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10502573 035 $a(EXLCZ)993520000000000151 100 $a20110217d2011 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aImagining the Middle East$b[electronic resource] $ethe building of an American foreign policy, 1918-1967 /$fMatthew F. Jacobs 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (560 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-1909-1 311 $a0-8078-3488-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe task -- falls to the area specialists : national interests, knowledge production, and the emergence of an informal network -- The all-pervading influence of the Muslim faith : the perils and promise of political Islam -- A new amalgam of interests, religion, propaganda, and mobs : interpretations of secular mass politics -- What modernization requires of the Arabs -- is their de-Arabization : imagining a transformed Middle East -- A profound and growing disturbance -- which may last for decades : the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the limits of the network. 330 $aAs its interests have become deeply tied to the Middle East, the United States has long sought to develop a usable understanding of the people, politics, and cultures of the region. In Imagining the Middle East, Matthew Jacobs illuminates how Americans' ideas and perspectives about the region have shaped, justified, and sustained U.S. cultural, economic, military, and political involvement there.Jacobs examines the ways in which an informal network of academic, business, government, and media specialists interpreted and shared their perceptions of the Middle East from the end of 606 $aIslam and politics$zMiddle East 606 $aArab-Israeli conflict 607 $aMiddle East$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zMiddle East 607 $aMiddle East$xForeign relations$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y20th century 607 $aMiddle East$xPolitics and government$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIslam and politics 615 0$aArab-Israeli conflict. 676 $a327.7305609/041 700 $aJacobs$b Matthew F$0478721 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465034903321 996 $aImagining the Middle East$9263370 997 $aUNINA