Crisis and Crossfire

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Peter L. Hahn is Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of History at Ohio State University. He is the author of seven books on the history of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East, including Missions Accomplished? The United States and Iraq since World War I.

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This new edition of Crisis and Crossfire traces the origins of the contemporary challenges the United States faces in the Middle East by analyzing the broad contours of U.S. policy in the region since the government’s first involvement there in the 1940s.

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List of Illustrations

Note on the Second Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

List of Abbreviations

1. National Security: The Genesis of U.S. Involvement in the Middle East

2. Into the Middle of a Fight: The United States and the Arab-Israeli Conflict to 1961

3. Tumultuous Decades: Nationalism and Counterrevolution, 1950s–1960s

4. Unending Controversy: The Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1961–1989

5. Revolution, War, and Terrorism: The Middle East at Center Stage, 1970s–1980s

6. Peace Process: The U.S. Approach to the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1990–2009

7. Escalating Conflicts: The Gulf War, the Menace of Terrorism, and the Invasion of Afghanistan, 1990–2006

8. War of Choice or War of Necessity? The Invasion and Occupation of Iraq, 2001–2009

9. The Retreat from Peace: Israel, Palestine, and the Arab World since 2009

10. Mirage: The Pursuit of Middle East Security in the Early 2000s

    Conclusion

    Notes

    Bibliography

    Index