ABSTRACT
The dawn of the Cold War marked a new stage of complex U.S. foreign policy involvement in the Middle East. More recently, globalization and the region’s ongoing conflicts and political violence have led to the U.S. being more politically, economically, and militarily enmeshed – for better or worse—throughout the region.
This book examines the emergence and development of U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East from the early 1900s to the present. With contributions from some of the world’s leading scholars, it takes a fresh, interdisciplinary, and insightful look into the many antecedents that led to current U.S. foreign policy. Exploring the historical challenges, regional alliances, rapid political change, economic interests, domestic politics, and other sources of regional instability, this volume comprises critical analysis from Iranian, Turkish, Israeli, American, and Arab perspectives to provide a comprehensive examination of the evolution and transformation of U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East.
This volume is an important resource for scholars and students working in the fields of Political Science, Sociology, International Relations, Islamic, Turkish, Iranian, Arab, and Israeli Studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|37 pages
Historical Cultural and Economic Interests
chapter 1|17 pages
From “heathen Turks” to “cruel Turks”
part II|55 pages
Cold War Challenges
part III|70 pages
Balancing Regional Alliances
chapter 7|20 pages
The United States’ strategic relationship with Iran and Turkey
chapter 8|17 pages
American-Qatari partnership in the post-Gulf War era
part IV|120 pages
Rapid Political Change and the Spread of Regional Instability