Epic encounters : culture, media, and U.S. interests in the Middle East since 1945 /

Main Author: McAlister, Melani, 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, c2005.
Edition:Updated ed., with a post-9/11 chapter.
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245 1 |a Epic encounters :  |b culture, media, and U.S. interests in the Middle East since 1945 /  |c Melani McAlister. 
250 1 |a Updated ed., with a post-9/11 chapter. 
260 1 |a Berkeley, CA :  |b University of California Press,  |c c2005. 
300 1 |a xix, 407 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 23 cm. 
500 1 |a Previous ed.: 2001. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-392), filmography (p. 393) and index. 
505 1 |a Introduction : Middle East interests -- 1. "Benevolent supremacy" : the bibical epic at the dawn of the American century, 1947-1960 -- 2. The Middle East in African American politics, 1955-1972 -- 3. King Tut, commodity nationalism, and the politics of oil, 1973-1979 -- 4. The good fight : Israel after Vietnam, 1972-1980 -- 5. Iran, Islam, and the terrorist threat, 1979-1989 -- 6. Military multiculturalism in the Gulf War and after, 1990-1999 -- Conclusion : 9/11 and after : snapshots on the road to empire. 
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