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040 _cCUS
082 _a327.1655
_bFRE/C
100 _aFreedman, Lawrence
245 2 _aA choice of enemies:
_cLawrence Freedman
_bAmerica conforonts the middle east/
260 _aLondon:
_bWeidenfeld & Nicolson,
_c2008.
300 _a601p.
505 _a 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
650 _aUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.
650 _aMiddle East -- Politics and government -- 1979-
650 _aMiddle East -- Foreign relations -- United States.
942 _cWB16