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American foreign policy & the Muslim world

"This book takes an academic, well-documented and comprehensive approach in its analysis. With contributions from scholars based in Lebanon, Malaysia, the UAE, the UK, and the US, the primary objective of this book is to explain the domestic setting of American foreign policy-making and analyse its impact on issues that are considered vital to the Muslim world. The first part of this book explains the complex foreign-policy making system in the United States and assesses the role of Christian evangelicalism, neo-conservatism, the media, the pro-Israel lobby and the role of Muslim groups. The second part is devoted to a detailed analysis of the major characteristics of American foreign policy. The third part of the book provides an in-depth analysis of America's policy toward Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and Palestine. Barack H. Obama's foreign policy is also discussed. It is a must read book for those interested in understanding American foreign policy toward the Muslim world, and specialists, and students of Political Science, and International Relations"--Page 4 of cover
Print Book, English, 2009
al-Zaytouna Centre for Studies & Consultations, Beirut, 2009
422 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
9789953500652, 9953500657
465511664
Part One: American Foreign Policy: The Domestic Sources
Chapter One: American Foreign Policy: Dynamics of Domestic Sources 31
Chapter Two: The Rise of Christian Evangelicalism in American Politics: Its Genesis and Process 73
Chapter Three: The Neo-Conservatives and American Foreign Policy 93
Chapter Four: Public Opinion and the Media 115
Chapter Five: The Role of the Israel Lobby 143
Chapter Six: Muslim Groups and American Foreign Policy 173
Part Two: American Foreign Policy: Characteristics
Chapter Seven: Major Issues in American Foreign Policy: A Historiographical Analysis 197
Chapter Eight: The New-Old Empire: The Political Economy of US Foreign Policy 223
Chapter Nine: America's Foreign Policy: The Need for a Paradigm Shift 247
Chapter Ten: America's Palestinian Policy: An Outsider's Perspective 269
Chapter Eleven: The Invasion and Occupation of Iraq: The US Hegemonic World Order 295
Chapter Twelve: The Iranian Nuclear Issue 325
Chapter Thirteen: America's Afghanistan Policy, 1980-2007 353
Chapter Fourteen: Foreign Policy of Barack H. Obama: A New Direction for America? 381
Index 401