Crisis and Crossfire : The United States and the Middle East since 1945 （2ND）

Hahn, Peter L.

Potomac Books Inc（2025/04発売）

Potomac Books Inc（2025/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 336 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781640125773
• DDC分類 327.73056

Full Description

Crisis and Crossfire traces the origins of the contemporary challenges facing the United States in the Middle East by analyzing the broad contours of U.S. policy in the region since the government's first involvement there in the 1940s. Peter L. Hahn evaluates U.S. policy in the context of such global phenomena as the Cold War and the multipolar international order that emerged in the early 2000s. He explains how the United States has tried, with varying degrees of success, to curtail, modify, and channel Arab and Iranian nationalist movements to serve U.S. interests.

Crisis and Crossfire examines the U.S. approach to the Arab-Israeli conflict through eight decades, exploring the interstate wars of the 1940s-1980s, the quests to make peace in the 1970s-2010s, and the enduring strife between Israel and Palestine. Hahn details how the United States has assumed growing responsibility for regional stability and security in the Middle East since World War II, culminating in involvement in the Gulf War to liberate Kuwait and the invasions and occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq. This second edition provides an objective explanation of the Israeli-Palestinian Gaza War; the U.S. stand-off with Iran; the proxy wars in Lebanon, Yemen, Libya, and Syria; the threat of terrorism; and related topics.

Contents

List of Illustrations

Note on the Second Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

List of Abbreviations

1. National Security: The Genesis of U.S. Involvement in the Middle East

2. Into the Middle of a Fight: The United States and the Arab-Israeli Conflict to 1961

3. Tumultuous Decades: Nationalism and Counterrevolution, 1950s-1960s

4. Unending Controversy: The Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1961-1989

5. Revolution, War, and Terrorism: The Middle East at Center Stage, 1970s-1980s

6. Peace Process: The U.S. Approach to the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1990-2009

7. Escalating Conflicts: The Gulf War, the Menace of Terrorism, and the Invasion of Afghanistan, 1990-2006

8. War of Choice or War of Necessity? The Invasion and Occupation of Iraq, 2001-2009

9. The Retreat from Peace: Israel, Palestine, and the Arab World since 2009

10. Mirage: The Pursuit of Middle East Security in the Early 2000s

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index