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Three Kings

Categorie	Geschiedenis Midden-Oosten
Boeknummer	#269424
Titel	Three Kings: The Rise of an American Empire in the Middle East After World War II
Auteur	Gardner, Lloyd C.
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	New Yotk/London, The New Press
Jaar van uitgave	2009
ISBN10	159558644X
ISBN13	9781595586445
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	In an account of the U. S. role in the Middle East, Three Kings is an “erudite, persuasively argued, and lucid” (Publishers Weekly) narrative of America's deep and tangled relationships in the region. Three Kings reveals a story of America's scramble for political influence, oil concessions, and a new military presence based on airpower and generous American aid to shaky regimes in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, and Iraq. Deftly weaving together three decades of U. S. moves in the region, Lloyd Gardner delves into early American efforts to support the influence the Saudi regime (including the creation of Dhahran air base, the target of Osama bin Laden's first terrorist attack in 1996); the CIA-engineered coup in Iran; Nasser's Egypt; and, finally, the rise of Iraq as a major petroleum power. As American policy makers and military planners grapple with a radically new and rapidly shifting political landscape in this vital region, Gardner uncovers “valuable new factual evidence… ably guid[ing] the reader through the perilous chess game that has played out in the region since World War II” (Kirkus Reviews).
Pagina's	260
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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