American presidents and the Middle East
George Lenczowski (Author)
"This is a study of the role the presidents of the United States have played in the formulation of a American policies toward the Middle East, a region of key strategic importance abounding in complex international conflicts and revolutionary changes"--GoodReads website, viewed May 23, 2022
History
vi, 321 pages : map ; 24 cm
9780822309635, 9780822309727, 0822309637, 0822309726
20133285
The Truman Presidency: The Iran-Azerbaijan Crisis, 1945-1946. The Truman Doctrine. Recognition of Israel
The Eisenhower Presidency: The Mossadegh Oil Crisis in Iran. The Suez Crisis. The Eisenhower Doctrine
The Kennedy Presidency: Kennedy and Arab nationalism. The Yemen Crisis
The Johnson Presidency: The Cyprus Crisis. The Arab-Israeli War of 1967
The Nixon Presidency: The Nixon Doctrine. The Scranton Mission and the Rogers Plan. The Jordon Crisis of 1970. The October 1973 War and its aftermath. Oil, revolution, and strategy
The Ford Presidency: Cyprus and U.S. bases in Turkey. The United States and Israel (Ford's reassessment and Sinai II)
The Carter Presidency: Carter and the Arab-Israeli feud. Camp David and its aftermath. Iran's Islamic Revolution. The hostage crisis. The Carter Doctrine
The Reagan Presidency: The tragedy in Lebanon. The Reagan Doctrine and Afghanistan. The Arms for Iran Affair. U.S. intervention in the Gulf. The United States and Israel (Ties and tensions). The PLO Volte-Face