US foreign policy in the Middle East : the roots of anti-Americanism /
United States foreign policy in the Middle East
Kylie Baxter and Shahram Akbarzadeh.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
- x, 197 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book covers US foreign policy in the Middle East from the mid-twentieth century to the present. It includes historical background on the Israeli/Arab Wars, Iran, intervention in Afghanistan and Iraq, the wars of the Persian Gulf, Israel Palestine, September 11 and the rise of Islamist movements. In particular the book charts how foreign policy decisions have led to the rise of Anti-Americanism in the region.