Little, Douglas,  1950- <br/><br/>
American orientalism :  the United States and the Middle East since 1945 / 
Douglas Little. 
 - Chapel Hill :  University of North Carolina Press,  c2002. 
 - xiv, 407 p. :  map ;  25 cm. 
 - 327(73+5-011)+323.1(569.4)(=927) (NLA) .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-387) and index. 
<br/><br/>Gideon's band in the Holy Land : we're not in Kansas anymore -- Orientalism, American style : the Middle East in the mind of America -- Opening the door : business, diplomacy, and America's stake in Middle East oil -- The making of a special relationship : America and Israel -- A tale of four doctrines : U.S. national security, the Soviet threat, and the Middle East -- Sympathy for the devil? : America, Nasser, and Arab revolutionary nationalism -- Modernizing the Middle East : from reform to revolution in Iraq, Libya, and Iran -- Kicking the Vietnam syndrome : waging limited war from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf -- Opportunities lost and found : the United States and the Arab-Israeli peace process -- Fool's errand or Kodak moment? : America and the Middle East at the dawn of the twenty-first century. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0807827371 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Orientalism--United States<br/>Nationalism--Middle East<br/>Arab-Israeli conflict
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--Relations--United States<br/>United States--Relations--Middle East
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>327(73+5-011)+323.1(569.4)(=927) (NLA)