This book provides a comprehensive historical overview of US foreign policy in the Middle East using the theoretical framework of offensive realism and highligh

The dawn of the Cold War marked a new stage of complex U.S. foreign policy involvement in the Middle East. More recently, globalization and the region’s ongoi

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Over the last sixty years, Washington has been a major player in the politics of the Middle East. From Iran in the 1950s, to the Gulf War of 1991, to the devast

Exposes the power of pro-Israeli lobby groups in US politics.