Freedman - A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle East

It is in the Middle East that the U.S. has been made to confront its attitudes on the use of force, the role of allies, and international law. The history of the U.S. in the Middle East, then, becomes an especially revealing mirror on Americas view of its role in the wider world. In this wise, objective, and illuminating history, Lawrence Freedman shows how three key events in 1978-1979 helped establish the foundations for U.S. involvement in the Middle East that would last for thirty years, without offering any straightforward or bloodless exit options: the Camp David summit leading to the I.;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.