Syria and the United States : Eisenhower's Cold War in the Middle East /: Eisenhower's Cold War in the Middle East. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David W. Lesch.
• Other Names: Lesch, David W
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- Syria After World War Two -- Eisenhower, the Cold War, and the Middle East -- 2. American Policy Under Truman -- Arms for Sale -- 3. Eisenhower's Turn -- John Foster Dulles in the Middle East -- Constraints on Shishakli -- 4. The Swinging of the Pendulum In Syria -- The Fall of the Shishakli Regime -- Inter-Arab Politics -- Reversing Course -- The Rise of the Bath Party: The September 1954 Elections -- 5. Syria's Choice -- Beyond Washington's Control -- The Assassination of Malki -- A Final Opportunity -- 6. Policy Fragmentation -- The Soviet Factor -- Syria's Internal Problems in 1956 -- Bath Consolidation and Suez -- 7. Prelude to the 1957 Crisis -- The Showdown in Syria -- Moving Against Sarraj -- The May 1957 Syrian By-elections -- The Syrian-Soviet Economic Agreement -- 8. Syria's Rapprochement with Saudi Arabia and Iraq -- Saudi-Syrian Relations Prior to the Crisis -- The Gulf of Aqaba Question -- The Buraimi Dispute -- Iraqi-Syrian Relations Prior to the Crisis -- 9. The American Riposte -- Strategic Considerations -- Nasser's Concerns About Syria -- American-Saudi Divergence -- The Henderson Mission -- A Shift in Tactics: The Turkish Alternative -- Assessing the Soviets -- A Game of Chess -- 10. Regional Diplomacy of Saud and Nasser -- Nasser's Response -- 11. The International Crisis -- Syrian Inscription in the United Nations -- American-Egyptian Modus Vivendi? -- 12. Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (234 pages)
• Subjects: 327.7305691/09/045; Diplomatic relations; Außenpolitik; Geschichte (1954-1957); United States -- Foreign relations -- Syria; Syria -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East; Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1953-1961; Middle East; Syria; United States; Syrien; USA; USA
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000313796; 1000313794
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