This book examines the careers of 53 area experts in the US State Department's Middle East bureau during the Cold War. Known as Arabists or Middle East hands, they were very different in background, education, and policy outlook from their predecessors, the Orientalists. A highly competitive selection process and rigorous training shaped them into a small corps of diplomatic professionals with top-notch linguistic and political reporting skills. Case studies shed light on Washington's perceptions of Israel and the Arab world, as well as how American leaders came to regard (and often disregard) the advice of their own expert advisors. This study focuses on their transformative role in Middle East diplomacy from the Eisenhower through the Ford administrations.
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American Arabists in the Cold War Middle East, 1946–75
From Orientalism to Professionalism
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American Arabists in the Cold War Middle East, 1946–75
From Orientalism to Professionalism
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Table of contents
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: America’s Middle East Area Experts
- Chapter One The Orientalists Fade Away
- Chapter Two The Middle East Hands Emerge
- Chapter Three Landfall: Language Training in Beirut,
- Chapter Four Filling the Cold War Linguist Gap: The Middle East Area Program in Beirut
- Chapter Five “The Departure of Kings, Old Men, and Christians”: The Eisenhower Years
- Chapter Six Quiet Diplomacy in Action: The Kennedy and Johnson Years
- Chapter Seven Kissinger’s Arabesque: The Nixon and Ford Years
- Epilogue: Beirut Axioms; Lessons Learned by the Middle East Hands
- Appendix: Brief Biographies
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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