Crisis and Crossfire: The United States and the Middle East Since 1945
Crisis and Crossfire: The United States and the Middle East Since 1945 (Potomac Books, 2005) is the latest book by Professor Peter Hahn
From the publisher site:
Although it seems almost incredible today, the United States had relatively little interest in the Middle East before 1945. But the dynamics and outcome of World War II elevated the importance of the Middle East in the American mind, and the United States has viewed the region with vital interest to its security and economy ever since.
The projection of American power into the region has had consequences that have forever changed the United States and the Middle East, with the rise of al
