The Origins of the Eisenhower Doctrine

During the Cold War, few regions offered the American policy-makers a greater challenge than the Middle East. The Eisenhower administration's attempt to balance its Cold War requirements with the demands of the new forces of nationalism established the blueprint of America's policy toward the Middle East for the next four decades. In a richly comprehensive account, Dr. Takeyh employs new documentary evidence to reevaluate US policy toward the revolutionary Egyptian regime; the dynamics of the Anglo-American relations; the evolving nature of the Arab-Israeli conflict; and the Suez crisis and the Eisenhower Doctrine.

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RAY TAKEYH is Research Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He was educated at New York University, the University of California, Berkeley, and Oxford University, where he obtained his PhD in modern history.

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Acknowledgements Introduction The United States' Cold War Priorities and the Middle East, 1945-1953 American Diplomacy and the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty The Baghdad Pact and the Alpha Plan From Cooperation to Confrontation: The Unveiling of the Alpha Plan Operation Omega and the Policy of Antagonism The Suez Crisis The Eisenhower Doctrine Conclusion Footnotes Bibliography Index