America's War for the Greater Middle East
A Military History
New York : Random House, [2016]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xxii, 453 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 25 cm
A critical assessment of America's foreign policy in the Middle East throughout the past four decades evaluates and connects regional engagements since 1990 while revealing their massive costs.
Contents:
Preliminaries. War of choice ; Gearing up ; Arsenal of theocracy ; Silver screen six Is calling ; Mad dog, kicked, bites back ; Rescuing evil ; No clean ending -- Entr'acte. Good Intentions ; Balkan digression ; What winning means ; Phony war -- Main card. Changing the way they live ; Kicking down the door ; How this ends ; Government In a box ; Entropy ; Iraq, again ; Generational war.
Subjects:
United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.
Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- History, Military -- 21st century.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.
Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- History, Military -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9780553393934
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY Military Bac | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 7/6/2024) |
HISTORY Military Bac | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-432) and index.