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Ike's gamble : America's rise to dominance in the Middle East
- Title
- Ike's gamble : America's rise to dominance in the Middle East / Michael Doran.
- Author
- Doran, Michael Scott, 1962-
- Publication
- New York : Free Press, 2016.
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Details
- Description
- 292 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- This major retelling of the Suez Crisis of 1956one of the most important events in the history of US policy in the Middle Eastshows how President Eisenhower came to realize that Israel, not Egypt, is Americas strongest regional ally.
- Subjects
- United States
- Middle East
- Egypt
- 1953-1961
- United States > Foreign relations > 1953-1961
- History
- Eisenhower, Dwight D (Dwight David), 1890-1969
- Middle East > Foreign relations > United States
- Egypt > History > Intervention, 1956
- United States > Foreign relations > Middle East
- Intervention in Egypt (1956)
- Diplomatic relations
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- A new President -- Collision -- A patient sulky pig -- Ike's first bet -- Anatomy of a miscalculation -- The alpha contradiction -- Deception -- K and big brother -- Blowback -- Three-dimensional chess -- The end of empire -- Ike's second bet -- Regret.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-13701
- ISBN
- 9781451697759
- 1451697759
- LCCN
- 2016019471
- OCLC
- 944380290
- Author
- Doran, Michael Scott, 1962- author.
- Title
- Ike's gamble : America's rise to dominance in the Middle East / Michael Doran.
- Publisher
- New York : Free Press, 2016.
- Edition
- First Free Press hardcover edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 1953-1961
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-13701