1st Edition
Crossing the Rubicon Ronald Reagan and US Policy in the Middle East
By Nicholas Laham
Copyright 2004
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
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This insightful work explores one of the under-examined eras of US foreign policy toward the Palestinian question: the Reagan years. The Reagan tenure is often perceived as one of disengagement from the region, especially in the aftermath of the bombing in Lebanon. Nicholas Laham contends that this is not so and that the Reagan administration set the tone for US policy for the next two decades.... Read more
Contents: Reagan repairs his relations with the Jewish community in the aftermath of the AWACS debate; Reagan unsuccessfully attempts to revive the stalled peace process in the Middle East; The Reagan administration's hostility toward the PLO and Yasser Arafat; Congress persuades the Reagan administration to withdraw the Jordan arms sale package; Reagan's lasting legacy on US policy in the Middle East; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Nicholas Laham
