Three Kings: The Rise of an American Empire in the Middle East After World War II (Large Print 16pt)ReadHowYouWant.com, 2011 - 432 sivua 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. Marshaling new and revelatory evidence from the archives, Lloyd Gardner deftly weaves together three decades of U.S. moves in the region to offer the first history of America's efforts to supplant the British empire in the Middle East. From the early efforts to support and influence the Saudi regime (including the creation of Dhahranairbase, the target of Osama bin Laden's first terrorist attack in 1996) and the CIA-engineered coup in Iran to Nasser's Egypt and, finally, the rise of Iraq as a major petroleum power, Three Kings is ''a valuable contribution to our understanding of our still-deepening involvement in this region'' (Booklist).As American policy makers and military planners grapple with the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, Gardner uncovers the largely hidden story of how the United States got into the Middle East in the first place. |
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INTRODUCTION TO | 1 |
THE UNITED STATES MOVES INTO THE MIDDLE EAST | 23 |
THE TRUMAN DOCTRINE PROTECTORATE | 70 |
THE IRAN | 125 |
DAMMING THE EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION | 199 |
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH | 274 |
FRONT COVER BACK COVER BACK COVER | 377 |
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