American Alliance Policy in the Middle East, 1945-1992 - Iran, Israel, and Saudi Arabia

American Alliance Policy in the Middle East provides a stimulating, new look at a U.S. Cold War foreign policy gripped by anticommunist paranoia. Through case studies of America's relationships with Iran, Israel, and Saudi Arabia, John P. Miglietta reveals how an overriding fear of global communism led to the overcommitment of U.S. security resources to the region. The perceived need to preserve Middle East stability rendered U.S. policy ineffectual and unresponsive to changing local conditions, drastically altering the patron-client paradigm to the detriment of American strategic interests. This superb analysis of American foreign policymaking illustrates how Cold War anticommunist ideology prevented the evolution of traditional military alliances into broader-based relationships and perpetuated authoritarian regimes that mired the Middle East in a cycle of poverty and despotism.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Alliances, American Foreign Policy, and International Relations Theory Chapter 2 The United States and Iran: The Forging of an Alliance Chapter 3 The United States and Iran: The Implications of the New Persian Empire Chapter 4 The Origins of the American-Israeli Alliance: 1948-1960 Chapter 5 The Establishment and Implications of the U.S.-Israel Alliance Chapter 6 The Origins of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance Chapter 7 The Strategic Implications of the American-Saudi Alliance Chapter 8 Conclusions

About the author

John P. Miglietta is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Tennessee State University.

Product details

• Authors: John P. Miglietta, Miglietta John P.
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2002
• EAN: 9780739103043
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-0304-3
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 234 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 662 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Middle East, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Diplomacy, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Central / national / federal government policies, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Central government policies