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Article: THE US AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1953-1963.(The Greater Middle East and the Cold War: US Foreign Policy under Eisenhower and Kennedy)(Book review)
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- Contemporary Review
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- June 22, 2008
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The Greater Middle East and the Cold War: US Foreign Policy under Eisenhower and Kennedy. Roby C. Barrett. T.B. Tauris. [pound sterling] 59.50. xix + 494 pages. ISBN: 978-1-84511-393.
As the United States contemplates an honourable exit strategy from its military quagmire in Iraq, civilian and military officials in Washington would do well to reflect on the legacy on the legacy of American intervention in the Middle East in the 1950s and 1960s. Roby C. Barrett, a former State Department expert on the Middle East, has written an outstanding study that will give present policy-makers plenty of food for thought. This study is significant in two respects. First, the ...