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Kennedy and the Middle East

Antonio Perra
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      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 Nasser's 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 Israel's 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 Kennedy's efforts at Soviet containment. The Saudi's in particular were increasingly viewed as 'an atavistic regime who would soon disappear' but Kennedy's 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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Antonio Perra EAN: 9780755601042 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 299 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-12-26 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy WIDTH: 138 cm SPINE:

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      Middle East, United States of America, USA, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1970 to c 1979, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Political leaders and leadership, International relations, Warfare and defence, Middle Eastern history, History of the Americas, Cold wars and proxy conflicts

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      Antonio Perra is Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies, King's College London.
      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 Nasser's 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 Israel's 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 Kennedy's efforts at Soviet containment. The Saudi's in particular were increasingly viewed as 'an atavistic regime who would soon disappear' but Kennedy's 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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Antonio Perra EAN: 9780755601042 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 299 g HEIGHT: 216 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-12-26 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy WIDTH: 138 cm SPINE:

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      Middle East, United States of America, USA, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1970 to c 1979, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Political leaders and leadership, International relations, Warfare and defence, Middle Eastern history, History of the Americas, Cold wars and proxy conflicts

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      Antonio Perra is Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Middle Eastern Studies, King's College London.

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