European-American relations and the Middle East : from Suez to Iraq / / edited by Daniel Mockli and Victor Mauer

• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.56073
• Soggetto topico: East and West
• Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations Middle East; Middle East Foreign relations United States; Europe Foreign relations Middle East; Middle East Foreign relations Europe; United States Foreign relations Europe; Europe Foreign relations United States; United States Foreign relations 1945-1989; United States Foreign relations 1989-; Europe Foreign relations 1945-
• Altri autori: MauerVictor MockliDaniel
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical referencesand index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Changing roles and interests: From Suez to Iraq; 1 Suez 1956: European colonial interests and US Cold War prerogatives; 2 Iraq 2003: Regime change and European discontent; Part II The Arab-Israeli conflict and the West; 3 Anglo- American relations and the Palestine question, 1945-56; 4 At odds in the Middle East: Paris, Washington, and the Six- Day War, 1967; 5 The EC- Nine and transatlantic conflict during the October War and the oil crisis, 1973-4 ; 6 The Euro-Arab dialogue, the Venice Declaration, and beyond: The limits of a distinct EC policy, 1974-897 From Madrid to Camp David: Europe, the US, and the Middle East peace process in the 1990s; 8 The Middle East Quartet: A new role for Europe?; Part III Gulf security and transatlantic relations; 9 Dealing with Iran: The US, Britain, and regime change, 1951-3; 10 Securing Gulf oil: Britain, NATO, and the question of military intervention East of Suez, 1949-68; 11 Subcontracting security: The US, Britain, and Gulf security before the Carter Doctrine ; 12 Great Game redux: The US, Europe, and Gulf security in the late Cold War13 Europe, the US, and the Gulf after the Cold War; 14 Iran and the bomb: Washington, the EU, and Iranian nuclear ambitions; Conclusion: Major trends in European-American relations and the Middle East; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the evolution of European-American relations with the Middle East since 1945. Placing the current transatlantic debates on the Middle East into a broader context, this work analyses how, why, and to what extent European and US roles, interests, threat perceptions, and policy attitudes in the region have changed, relating to both the region as a whole and the two main issues analysed: Gulf Security and the Arab-Israeli Conflict. The contributors then go on to discuss the implications of these developments for Western policymaking. The volume mak
• Titolo autorizzato: European-American relations and the Middle East
• ISBN: 1-136-96946-2; 1-136-96947-0; 1-282-93047-8; 9786612930478; 0-203-85144-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910800051403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: CSS Studies in Security and International Relations