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1 online resource (xliv, 470 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Originally published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©1997. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Maps and Illustrations -- Preface -- Preface to the 2006 Edition -- Part I. The Setting of U.S. Policy -- 1. The Dynamic of Collaborative Intervention -- 2. U.S. Postwar Policy and the Middle East -- 3. Learning Lebanon: A Primer -- Part II. Formative Years in the Evolution of U.S. Policy: 1944-1952 -- 4. Alternating Currents of Criticism and Conformity -- 5. The Foundations of U.S. Policy, PACLIFT: Petroleum, Aviation, Commerce, Labor, Intelligence, and the Friendship Treaty -- 6. Altered Circumstances and the Design of U.S. Political Strategy -- Part III. The Eisenhower Administration and the Sham'un Regime: A Policy of Information and Consent -- 7. Pressure Points and Priorities -- 8. Lebanon: The "Bridgehead in the Orient" -- 9. Realities of Power in the "Rear Area" -- 10. Our Man in Beirut -- Part IV. Intervening Before Intervention -- 11. Civil War, May 1958 -- 12. Doubt, Deliberation, and Preparation -- Part V. The Minefield Explodes: U.S. Military Intervention -- 13. 11,000 Sorties in Search of a Target -- 14. By Mutual Consent: July-October 1958 -- Epilogue: 1958 in Retrospect -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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9780231511605 (electronic bk.) |
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0231511604 (electronic bk.) |
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9780231140119 (pbk.) (e-book) |
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EB00639530 Recorded Books |
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