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Book SynopsisIn Imperfect Strangers, Salim Yaqub argues that the 1970s were a pivotal decade for U.S.-Arab relations, whether at the upper levels of diplomacy, in street-level interactions, or in the realm of the imagination.
Trade ReviewAbsolutely essential for understanding how the United States emerged as a multicultural Middle East hegemon.
* Diplomatic History *
A highly innovative, important, and entertaining book, filled with details about not just top-level diplomacy, but Hollywood films, best-selling books, the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, and more. It is, or will soon be, required reading for any scholar of U.S. foreign relations in the 1970s, as well as the evolution of post-Second World War American Middle East policy.
* Mashriq & Mahjar *
A fresh perspective on U.S. policy in the Middle East.... Yaqub's nuanced knowledge of the region is impressive.
* The Times of Israel *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. The Politics of Stalemate: The Nixon Administration and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1969–1972
2. A Stirring at the Margins: Arab American Political Activism, 1967–1973
3. From Munich to Boulder: Domestic Antiterrorism and Arab American Communities, 1972–1973
4. Rumors of War—and War: February–October 1973
5. Scuttle Diplomacy: Henry Kissinger and the Middle East Peace Process, 1973–1976
6. Future Shock: The Speculative Mode in American Discourse on the Arab World, 1974–1978
7. Fallen Cedar: The Lebanese Civil War and the United States, 1975–1979
8. Camp David Retreat: Jimmy Carter and Arab-Israeli Diplomacy, 1977–1979
9. Abdul Enterprises: Arab Petrodollars in the United States, 1974–1981 10. The Center Cannot Hold: Americans, Arabs, and the Wider Middle East, 1979–1980
Epilogue
