A choice of enemies: America conforonts the middle east/
Lawrence Freedman
- London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008.
- 601p.
Dramatis Personae ix; Maps xix; Preface xxiii;
1 Choosing Enemies 1; 2 The First Wave 18;
PART ONE JIMMY CARTER; 3 Camp David 39; 4 Revolution in Iran 62; 5 Uprising in Afghanistan 84;
PART TWO RONALD REAGAN; 6 The Mujahideen 109; 7 In and Out of Beirut 122; 8 Iraq 150; 9 Iran-Contra 168; 10 The Tanker War 192;
PART THREE GEORGE H.W. BUSH; 11 Iraq Takes Kuwait 211; 12 Desert Storm 234; 13 Intifada 254;
PART FOUR WILLIAM CLINTON; 14 Dual Containment 275; 15 Return to Camp David 309; 16 Choosing America 341;
PART FIVE GEORGE W. BUSH; 17 The War on Terror 373; 18 Regime Change 397. 19 Insurgency 20 Suicides and assassinations 21 The main Enemy? 22 Friends and Enemies
Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East. Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1979- Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States.