Description: Kennedy and the Middle East : The Cold War, Israel and Saudi Arabia, Paperback by Perra, Antonio, ISBN 0755601041, ISBN-13 9780755601042, Brand New, Free shipping in the US At the height of the Cold War, the John F. Kennedy administration designed an ambitious plan for the Middle East-its aim was to seek rapprochement with Nassers Egypt in order to keep the Arab world neutral and contain the perceived communist threat. In order to offset this approach, Kennedy sought to grow relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and embrace Israels defense priorities-a decision which would begin the US-Israeli special relationship. Here, Antonio Perra shows for the first time how new relations with Saudi Arabia and Israel which would come to shape the Middle East for decades were in fact a by-product of Kennedys efforts at Soviet containment. The Saudis in particular were increasingly viewed as an atavistic regime who would soon disappear but Kennedys support for them-which hardened during the Yemen Crisis even as he sought to placate Nasser-had the unintended effect of making them, as today, the US great pillar of support in the Middle East.
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Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Name: Kennedy and the Middle East : the Cold War, Israel and Saudi Arabia
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: United States / 20th Century, History & Theory, International Relations / General, Middle East / General
Item Weight: 10.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Antonio Perra
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Item Length: 8.5 in
Series: Library of Modern American History Ser.
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
