Promised Land, Crusader State

Promised Land, Crusader State
Author: Walter A. McDougall
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 316
Release: 1997
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780395901328

'Promised Land, Crusader State' is a reinterpretation of the traditions that have shaped U.S. foreign policy from 1776 to the present. Looking back over two centuries, Walter McDougall draws a striking contrast between America as Promised Land and a contrary vision of America as Crusader State.

Syria And The United States

Syria And The United States
Author: David W. Lesch
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2019-06-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1000313794

The "Syrian crisis" of 1957, sparked by a covert attempt by the Eisenhower administration to overthrow what it perceived to be an emerging Soviet client state in the Middle East, represented the denouement of a badly misguided U.S. foreign policy, according to David Lesch. The repercussions of this incident, which almost precipitated a superpower c