LEADER 04722nam 2200709 450 001 9910813906203321 005 20230124193641.0 010 $a1-5017-0414-1 010 $a1-5017-0415-X 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501704154 035 $a(CKB)3710000000631013 035 $a(EBL)4517909 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001640289 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16399685 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001640289 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14790811 035 $a(PQKB)11016128 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001510556 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4517909 035 $a(OCoLC)945976814 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51417 035 $a(DE-B1597)478683 035 $a(OCoLC)1002232369 035 $a(OCoLC)1004867580 035 $a(OCoLC)1011440330 035 $a(OCoLC)979905766 035 $a(OCoLC)999354548 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501704154 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4517909 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11248566 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL951839 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000631013 100 $a20160904h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSpheres of intervention $eUS foreign policy and the collapse of Lebanon, 1967-1976 /$fJames R. Stocker 210 1$aIthaca, New York ;$aLondon, [England] :$cCornell University Press,$d2016. 210 4$d©2016 215 $a1 online resource (295 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a1-5017-0077-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction: "This Is the American Policy" --$t1. Sparks in the Tinderbox: The United States, the June War, and the Remaking of the Lebanese Crisis --$t2. Compromise in Cairo: The Nixon Administration and the Cairo Agreement --$t3. From Cairo to Amman: The United States and Lebanese Internal Security --$t4. Plus ça change: International Terrorism, Détente, and the May 1973 Crisis --$t5. Reckoning Postponed: From the October War to the Civil War --$t6. Disturbing Potential: The United States and the Renewed Conflict --$t7. Reluctant Interveners: The Red Line Agreement and Brown's Mediation --$t8. Taking Its Course: The Syrian Intervention and Its Limits --$tEpilogue: The Cycle Continues --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aIn Spheres of Intervention, James R. Stocker examines the history of diplomatic relations between the United States and Lebanon during a transformational period for Lebanon and a time of dynamic changes in US policy toward the Middle East. Drawing on tens of thousands of pages of declassified materials from US archives and a variety of Arabic and other non-English sources, Stocker provides a new interpretation of Lebanon's slide into civil war, as well as insight into the strategy behind US diplomatic initiatives toward the Arab-Israeli conflict. During this period, Stocker argues, Lebanon was often a pawn in the games of larger powers. The stability of Lebanon was an aim of US policy at a time when Israel's borders with Egypt and Jordan were in active contention. Following the June 1967 Arab-Israeli War, the internal political situation in Lebanon became increasingly unstable due to the regional military and political stalemate, the radicalization of the country's domestic politics, and the appearance of Palestinian militias on Lebanese territory. US officials were more deeply involved in Lebanese affairs than most outside the region realized. After a series of internal crises in 1969, 1970, and 1973, civil war broke out in Lebanon in 1975. The conflict reached a temporary halt after a Syrian military intervention the following year, but this was only an end to the first stage of what would be a sixteen-year civil war. During these crises, the US sought to help the Lebanese government in a variety of ways, including providing military aid to the Lebanese military, convincing Arab countries to take measures to help the Lebanese government, mediating Lebanon's relations with Israel, and even supporting certain militias. 606 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General$2bisacsh 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zLebanon 607 $aLebanon$xForeign relations$zUnited States 607 $aLebanon$xHistory$yCivil War, 1975-1990 607 $aLebanon$xHistory$y1946-1975 615 7$aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. 676 $a956.92043 700 $aStocker$b James R.$f1980-$01678569 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813906203321 996 $aSpheres of intervention$94046323 997 $aUNINA