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MIDDLE EAST

December 1999


MIDDLE EAST AND THE UNITED STATES RELATIONS

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Books

Allies Divided: Transatlantic Policies for the Greater Middle East, edited by Robert D. Blackwill and Michael Sturmer. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1997. 325 p.
America, Europe, and the Middle East in the 1990s: Interests and Policies, pp 7-40.
The United States, Europe, and Weapons of Mass Destruction, pp 203-231.
The United States, Europe, and Military Force Projection, pp 277-298.
Book call no.: 327.56 A436

Christison, Kathleen. Perceptions of Palestine: Their Influence on U.S. Middle East Policy. Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1999. 370 p.
Book call no.: 327.7305694 C555p

Cordesman, Anthony H. U.S. Forces in the Middle East: Resources and Capabilities. Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1997. 144 p.
Book call no.: 355.0310973 C794u

Curtiss, Richard H. Stealth PACs: Lobbying Congress for Control of U.S. Middle East Policy, documentation by Janet McMahon. Washington, American Educational Trust, 1996. 278 p.
Book call no.: 327.7305694 C981s

Denoeux, Guilain P. The United States and the Challenge of Democratization in the Arab World. Washington, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, 1996. 39 p.
Book call no.: 320.956 D413u

Gerges, Fawaz A. America and Political Islam: Clash of Cultures or Clash of Interests? New York, Cambridge University Press, 1999. 282 p.
Book call no.: 327.73017671 G367a

Kaufman, Burton I. The Arab Middle East and the United States: Inter-Arab Rivalry and Superpower Diplomacy. New York, Twayne Publishers, 1996. 291 p.
Book call no.: 327.730174 K21a

The Middle East and North Africa 1999. 45th ed. London, Europa, 1998. 1175 p.
Recent Developments in U. S. Policy Towards the Middle East, pp 11-16.
Calendar of U. S. Policy in the Middle East and North Africa, 1997-1998, pp 17-20.
Book call no.: R 915.6 M627 45th ed. 1999

The Middle East and the United States: A Historical and Political Reassessment, edited by David W. Lesch. 2nd ed. Boulder, CO, Westview Press, 1999. 480 p.
Book call no.: 327.73056 M6272 1999

Middle East at the Crossroads: The Changing Political Dynamics and the Foreign Policy Challenges, edited by Manochehr Dorraj. New York, University Press of America, 1999. 306 p.
Refighting the Cold War: Containment as the Foundation of America's Post-Cold War Political-Military Posture in the Middle East, by Laura Drake, pp 173-210.
Book call no.: 327.56 M6274

The President's (U.S.) News Conference with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents 35:1235-1244 July 5, 1999.
Presents the text of the news conference with President Clinton and President Mubarak on July 1, 1999, about the peace process in the Middle East

Rabi, Muhammad. U.S.-PLO Dialogue: Secret Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution. Gainesville, University Press of Florida, 1995. 203 p.
Book call no.: 327.73056 R116u

U.S. Policy on Palestine: From Wilson to Clinton, edited by Michael W. Suleiman. Normal, IL, Association of Arab-American University Graduates, 1995. 263 p.
Book call no.: 327.7305694 U58

United States. Congress. House of Representatives. Committee on International Relations. Overview of U.S. Policy in the Middle East. Hearing. 104th Congress, 1st session, August 2, 1995. Washington, GPO, 1995. 154 p.
Book call no.: 327.73056 U58o

United States. Department of Defense. Office of International Security Affairs. United States Security Strategy for the Middle East. Washington, GPO, May 1995. 40 p.
Book call no.: 355.033056 U581

United States. Department of State. Congressional Presentation for Foreign Operations. Fiscal Year 2000. Washington, GPO, 1999. 1345 p.
The Near East (offers both an overview of U.S. regional objectives as well as individual country information), pp 472-590.
Book call no.: R 355.0320973 C749 2000

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Documents

Abo-Sak, Mohammed F. The U.S. Involvement in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Solution or Complication?. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, 1997. 50 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 A154u

Caldwell, William B. and others. Peacekeeping on the Golan Heights: Assessing U.S. Participation. Carlisle Barracks, PA, John F. Kennedy School of Government. National Security Program, 1996. 52 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-607 C147p

Phillips, Michael A. Strategy for a Middle East Peace: Is the U.S. Acting in Its Own Best Interest?. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, 1998. 61 p.
Doc. call no.: M-U 39080-537 P562s

Periodicals

Ben-Meir, Alon. The U.S. Role to Secure Israeli-Syrian Peace. Strategic Review 27:25-32 Summer 1999.

Boese, Wade. U.S. Announces New Arms Sales to Middle East Worth Billions. Arms Control Today 29:32 March 1999.

Boyne, Walter J. Nickel Grass (the airlift that saved Israel). Air Force Magazine 81:54-59 December 1998.
Also available at: http://www.afa.org/magazine/dec1998/1298nickel_print.html

Christison, Kathleen. Bound by a Frame of Reference, Part III: U.S. Policy and the Palestinians, 1988-98. Journal of Palestine Studies 27:53-64 Summer 1998.

Clinton, William J. Remarks Prior to Discussions with King Abdullah II of Jordan. Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents 35:931-932 May 24, 1999.
Presents the text of a speech by Clinton on May 18, 1999 concerning the United States' relationship with Jordan.

Cogan, Charles G. Wye River, Long Fleuve: The CIA, the PLO, and the Peace Process. Mediterranean Quarterly 10:19-39 Spring 1999.

Hadar, Leon T. America's Moment in the Middle East. Current History 95:1-5 January 1996.
Reviews the United States' current situation in the Middle East.

Hajjar, Sami G. U.S. and Islamic Fundamentalists: The Need for Dialogue. Strategic Review 25:48-54 Winter 1997.

Hudson, Michael C. To Play the Hegemon: Fifty Years of U.S. Policy Toward the Middle East Middle East Journal 50:329-343 Summer 1996.

Kennedy, Harold. U.S. Steps Up Aid Efforts for Key Middle-East Ally (Jordan). National Defense 83:8-9 April 1999.

Lewis, Samuel W. The United States and Israel: Evolution of an Unwritten Alliance. Middle East Journal 53:364-378 Summer 1999.

Miller, Aaron David and others. Arab-Israeli Negotiations and U.S. Interests in the Middle East: Second-Term Imperatives. Middle East Policy 5:1-21 January 1997.

Murphy, Richard L. and Gause, Gregory. Democracy and U.S. Policy in the Muslim Middle East. Middle East Policy 5:58-67 January 1997.

Norton, Augustus Richard. Clinton's Middle East Legacy: A Scuttled Peace? Current History 97:1-6 January 1998.

Norton, Augustus Richard. Rethinking United States Policy Toward the Muslim World. Current History 98:51-58 February 1999.

Pelletreau, Robert H. American Objectives in the Middle East. U.S. Department of State Dispatch 7:286-290 June 3, 1996.
Available online at: http://www.state.gov/www/regions/nea/960514.html

Pelletreau, Robert H. The Middle East: U.S. Policy and the Search for Peace. U.S. Department of State Dispatch 6:696-699 September 18, 1995.
Also available at: http://www.state.gov/www/regions/nea/950912.html

Pelletreau, Robert H. U.S. Policy in the Middle East. U.S. Department of State Dispatch 6:638-642 August 14, 1995.

Pickering, Thomas R. U.S. Policies in the Middle East. U.S. Department of State Dispatch 10:13-17 November 1998.
Also available at: http://www.state.gov/www/policy_remarks/1998/981016_pickering_policies.html

The Quest for Peace. Middle East Insight 14:5-23 July-August 1999.
There's No Turning Back, pp 5-10.
"Peace Is in the U.S. Interest", pp 11-16.
Peace with Syria First, pp 17-23.

Sam Brownback: "U.S. Foreign Problems Mostly Concern the Middle East". Middle East Quarterly 5:59-68 March 1998.
Interview with the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommitte on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.

Smith, Dexter Jerome. Paying for Peace at Wye. The Middle East No.288:11-12 March 1999.
Examines the aid allocated to Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan if the Wye Agreement is executed and how they intend to spend it.

Spiegel, Steven L. Analysis: Congress and the Middle East: Old Traditions, New Policies. Middle East Insight 13:6-8+ January-February 1998.
Related articles offer the views of advocacy groups, interviews with Senate and House members, interviews with foreign ambassadors, etc.

Telhami, Shibley. The United States and Middle East Peace. Brookings Review 13:32-35 Fall 1995.

The U.S. and the Israeli-Paliestinian Peace Process. Washington Report on Middle East Affairs 18:6-58 December 1999.
Also available at: http://www.washington-report.org/html/backissues.html
Article should soon be available online at the above address. Section includes seventeen separate articles.

The U.S. and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process. Washington Report on Middle East Affairs 16:7-52 January-February 1998.
Also available at: http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0198/9801toc.html
Contains thirteen short articles including discussion of the U.S. apathy over Israel's obstruction of peace, the MENA summit conference in Doha, pro-Israel lobbies in the U.S., several about Netanyahu, etc.

The U.S. and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process. Washington Report on Middle East Affairs 16:6-17+ December 1997.
Also available at: http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/1297/9712toc.html
Includes fourteen articles discussing Netanyahu's dangerous vision, the bungled Amman assassination, Israel's nuclear game, etc.

The U.S. and the Israeli-Paliestinian Peace Process. Washington Report on Middle East Affairs 15:1-20 March 1997.
Also available at: http://www.washington-report.org/backissues/0397/0397toc.html
Section includes nine separate articles concerning Netanyahu, the Hebron Accord, etc.

US Aid: Facilitating the Peace. Middle East Insight 14:13-15 September-October 1999.
Interview with Robert C. Randolph, Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near East of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

US Peace Plan Finally Revealed. MEED 42:6 June 26, 1998.
Provides the text of a twelve week, three stage plan.

Zunes, Stephen. The Function of Rogue States in U.S. Middle East Policy. Middle East Policy 5:150-167 May 1997.

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