Takeyh, Ray, 1966-

The pragmatic superpower : winning the Cold War in the Middle East / Ray Takeyh and Steven Simon. - First edition. - xviii, 396 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: American apogee -- The Iran Crisis of 1946 and the Cold War's first conflict -- The Palestine question -- America, Iran, and the coup -- The Suez War -- 1958: the year of the revolutions -- The Six-Day War -- From the Yom Kippur War to the Camp David Accords -- Iran revolts -- The Iran-Iraq War -- The Gulf War.

Two foreign policy experts reflect on the United States' former policies of diplomacy in the Middle East--particularly during the founding of Israel, the Suez War, and the Iranian revolution--and argue that similar strategies would help today.

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Cold War (1945-1989)


Since 1945


Cold War.
HISTORY--Middle East.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Geopolitics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--World--Middle Eastern.
Diplomatic relations.


United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.
Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.
United States--Foreign relations--1989-
Middle East.
United States.

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