Conviction and Credence : : US Policymaking in the Middle East / / Melvin A. Friedlander.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Friedlander, Melvin A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1 Philosophies of Peacemaking: The United States in the Middle East --; 2 Fundamentalism: Middle Eastern Values and US Perspectives --; 3 Success at Camp David, Confusion in Lebanon and the West Bank --; 4 Crosscurrents of US Strategy: The Gulf --; 5 Crosscurrents of US Strategy: The Levant --; 6 Beyond Crisis: A Policy for the 1990s --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book and the Author
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781685852412; 9783110784268
• DOI: 10.1515/9781685852412
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Melvin A. Friedlander.

Friedlander traces the efforts of U.S. administrations, from Nixon to Bush, to attain the goal of peace in the Middle East, exploring how values have operated in the search for solutions, and how failed U.S. policies have depended too much on the conventional wisdom of power politics.