Gain perspective and understanding on a troubled region with this course that provides a narrative history and analysis of U.S. political involvement in the Middle East.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: A Meeting of Two Worlds
- 02: Wilson & the Breakup of the Ottoman Empire
- 03: The Interwar Period
- 04: U.S. & the Middle East During World War II
- 05: Origins of the Cold War in the Middle East
- 06: Truman & the Creation of Israel
- 07: Eisenhower, the Cold War & the Middle East
- 08: The Suez Crisis & Arab Nationalism
- 09: Kennedy-Engaging Middle Eastern Nationalism
- 10: Johnson-Taking Sides
- 11: The Six-Day War
- 12: The Nixon Doctrine & the Middle East
- 13: The Yom Kippur War & Kissinger's Diplomacy
- 14: Carter & Camp David
- 15: The Iranian Revolution & the Hostage Crisis
- 16: Era of Limits-Energy Crises of the 1970s
- 17: The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
- 18: Reagan & the Middle East
- 19: The First Palestinian Intifada
- 20: The Gulf War
- 21: The Rise & Fall of the Oslo Peace Process
- 22: The United States & the Kurds
- 23: The United States & Osama bin Laden
- 24: September 11 & Its Aftermath
Taught by
Salim Yaqub, Ph.D.
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