The United States and the Near East: Revised Edition

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION PART I. THE BACKGROUND 1. The Geographic Factor 2. The Enduring Cultural Factor PART II. THE RECENT NEAR EAST 3. Political Highlights Down to the End of the First World War 4. The Period Between the Wars 5. The Period of the Second World War PART III. PROBLEMS OF THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE 6. Strategic and Economic Problems 7. Social Problems 8. Problems of the Foreign Powers 9. The Problem of Palestine 10. Major Events Since 1946 11. The United States, the Near East, and the Future Appendix. Suggested Reading INDEX