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Beirut 1958 - How America's Wars in the Middle East Began

English · Paperback / Softback

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Bruce Riedel's book tells the now-forgotten story (forgotten, that is, in the United States) of the first U.S. combat operation in the Middle East. Find out about the 1958 U.S. intervention that succeeded and apply those lessons to today's conflicts in the Middle East.

List of contents










Introduction
1. Jerusalem and Cairo
2. Damascus and Riyadh
3. Beirut and Amman
4. Baghdad and Washington
5. Beirut, Amman, and Baghdad
Epilogue: Lessons Learned
Notes
Index


About the author










Bruce Riedel is the Director of the Intelligence Project at the Brookings Institution and a Senior Fellow in the Center for Middle East Studies. He is the author of Kings and Presidents: Saudi Arabia and the United States since FDR and five other books. Prior to coming to Brookings, he served thirty years in the Central Intelligence Agency with postings in the Middle East and Europe, and in the White House and Pentagon.

Product details

Authors Bruce Riedel
Publisher Brookings Institution Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.06.2023
 
EAN 9780815740551
ISBN 978-0-8157-4055-1
No. of pages 144
Subjects Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education

HISTORY / Middle East / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Middle East, Politics & government, Politics and government, Middle Eastern history

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