Description: A comprehensive history of US involvement in the Middle East from 1914 to the present day.
Brief description: Salim Yaqub is Professor of History at UC Santa Barbara, US, where he teaches US foreign relations, especially US involvement in the Middle East. He is the author of Containing Arab Nationalism: The Eisenhower Doctrine and the Middle East (2004), Imperfect Strangers: Americans, Arabs, and US-Middle East Relations in the 1970s (2016), and Winds of Hope, Storms of Discord: The United States since 1945 (2023).
Review Quotes:
"Yaqub is a leading historian of US-Middle relations, and this comprehensive and beautifully written book makes clear why. It is fair-minded and wise, with attention to politics at every level, from official government decision-making to missionary humanitarianism, from oil capitalism to popular culture. This excellent text will quickly become a classroom standard." --Melani McAlister, Professor, George Washington University, USA
"A balanced, comprehensive, and sparkling account of the uneasy U.S. encounter with the troubled realms of the Middle East over the course of the long 20th century." --Douglas Little, Professor, Clark University, USA