American Arabists in the Cold War Middle East, 194675 :From Orientalism to Professionalism ( 1 )

Publication subTitle :From Orientalism to Professionalism

Publication series :1

Author: Fava Thomas   Teresa  

Publisher: Anthem Press‎

Publication year: 2016

E-ISBN: 9781783085101

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781783085088

Subject: D8 Diplomacy, International Relations;K3 Asian History;K7 Americas History

Keyword: 外交、国际关系,美洲史,亚洲史

Language: ENG

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Description

This book examines US State Department’s Middle East area experts during the Cold War, known as Arabists or Middle East hands, showing how their backgrounds and education differed crucially from that of their predecessors. This study focuses on these individuals’ transformative role in US foreign relations from the Eisenhower through the Ford administrations.

Chapter

Chapter One: The Orientalists Fade Away

Chapter Two: The Middle East Hands Emerge

Chapter Three: Landfall: Language Training in Beirut, 1946

Chapter Four: Filling the Cold War Linguist Gap: The Middle East Area Program in Beirut

Chapter Five: “The Departure of Kings, Old Men, and Christians”: The Eisenhower Years

Chapter Six: Quiet Diplomacy in Action: The Kennedy and Johnson Years

Chapter Seven: Kissinger’s Arabesque: The Nixon and Ford Years

Epilogue: Beirut Axioms; Lessons Learned by the Middle East Hands

Back Matter

Appendix: Brief Biographies

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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