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American Orientalism: The United States and the Middle East since 1945

American Orientalism: The United States and the Middle East since 1945

Little, Douglas

Paperback

20th Century United States History21st Century United States HistoryGeneral Middle Eastern History

ISBN10: 0807858986
ISBN13: 9780807858981
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: Apr 1 2008
Pages: 464
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
Douglas Little explores the stormy American relationship with the Middle East from World War II through the war in Iraq, focusing particularly on the complex and often inconsistent attitudes and interests that helped put the United States on a collision course with radical Islam early in the new millennium. After documenting the persistence of orientalist stereotypes in American popular culture, Little examines oil, Israel, and other aspects of U.S. policy. He concludes that a peculiar blend of arrogance and ignorance has led American officials to overestimate their ability to shape events in the Middle East from 1945 through the present day, and that it has been a driving force behind the Iraq war. For this updated third edition, Little covers events through 2007, including a new chapter on the Bush Doctrine, demonstrating that in many important ways, George W. Bush's Middle Eastern policies mark a sharp break with the past.

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