Imagining the Middle East: The Building of an American Foreign Policy, 1918-1967

by Matthew F. Jacobs and Jacobs Matthew F

Book Overview

As its interests have become deeply tied to the Middle East, the United States has long sought to develop a usable understanding of the people, politics, and cultures of the region. In Imagining the Middle East, Matthew Jacobs illuminates how Americans' ideas and perspectives about the region have shaped, justified, and sustained U.S. cultural, economic, military, and political involvement there.

Jacobs examines the ways in which an...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807834882
• ISBN13: 9780807834886
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.4"