Notes From The Minefield: United States Intervention In Lebanon And The Middle East, 1945-1958 / Edition 1

by Irene L Gendzier

Overview

This book situates the origins of U.S. policy in Lebanon in post-World War II and U.S. policy in the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East. It identifies the earliest expression of U.S. economic interests in Beirut in terms of postwar U.S. policies on oil and aviation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367157821
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/28/2020
Pages:	502
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Irene L. Gendzier is Professor in the Department of Political Science at Boston University, a research associate of the African Studies Center, and reseach affiliate in the Middle East Center at Harvard University. She has published widely and is currently on the editorial boards of New Political Science and Radical Philosphy Review: A Journal of Progressive Thought.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

Irene Gendzier's argument is tightly presented and coherent, and the overall story of the antecedent to the 1958 U.S. intervention in Lebanon is told with insight, clarity, and on the basis of an excellent use of primary research materials. This book will be looked upon as a model for the presentation of a well-evidenced argument on the nature of U.S. foreign relations with Lebanon, and more generally, with the Middle East.

Richard Falk