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Author

Miglietta, John P., 1962-

Title American alliance policy in the Middle East, 1945-1992 : Iran, Israel, and Saudi Arabia / John P. Miglietta.

Published

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2002.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
UniM Bail	327.7305609 MIGL	AVAILABLE

Physical description	x, 360 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	1 Alliances, American Foreign Policy, and International Relations Theory 1 -- 2 United States and Iran: The Forging of an Alliance 35 -- 3 United States and Iran: The Establishment and Implications of the New Persian Empire 55 -- 4 Origins of the American-Israeli Alliance, 1948-1960 105 -- 5 Significance of the American-Israel Alliance, 1960-1992 131 -- 6 Origins of the American-Saudi Alliance 195 -- 7 Strategic Implications of the American-Saudi Alliance 229.
Summary	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.
Subject	United States -- Foreign relations -- Saudi Arabia.
	Saudi Arabia -- Foreign relations -- United States.
	United States -- Foreign relations -- Israel.
	Israel -- Foreign relations -- United States.
	United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran.
	Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States.
	United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.
	United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-1993.
	Iran -- Foreign relations -- 1941-1979.
	Iran -- Foreign relations -- 1979-1997.
ISBN	0739103040 (alkaline paper)