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Epic encounters : culture, media, and U.S. interests in the Middle East since 1945 /
Examines how popular culture has shaped the ways Americans define their "interests" in the Middle East. Author McAlister argues that U.S. foreign policy, while grounded in material and military realities, is also developed in a cultural context. American understandings of the region are fr...
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| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2005.
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| Edition: | Updated ed., with a post-9/11 chapter. |
| Series: | American crossroads ;
6. |
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| Online Access: | Publisher description Table of contents only Contributor biographical information The J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund Home Page Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Middle East interests
- "Benevolent supremacy" : the biblical epic at the dawn of the American century, 1947-1960
- The Middle East in African American politics, 1955-1972
- King Tut, commodity nationalism, and the politics of oil, 1973-1979
- The good fight : Israel after Vietnam, 1972-1980
- Iran, Islam, and the terrorist threat, 1979-1989
- Military multiculturalism in the Gulf War and after, 1990-1999
- Conclusion: 9/11 and after : snapshots on the road to empire.