Dying to Forget: Oil, Power, Palestine, and the Foundations of U.S. Policy in the Middle East

by Irene L. Gendzier

Book Overview

Irene L. Gendzier presents incontrovertible evidence that oil politics played a significant role in the founding of Israel, the policy then adopted by the United States toward Palestinians, and subsequent U.S. involvement in the region. Consulting declassified U.S. government sources, as well as papers in the H.S. Truman Library, she uncovers little-known features of U.S. involvement in the region, including significant exchanges in the winter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231152892
• ISBN13: 9780231152891
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher