The U.S. and the Middle East: 1914 to 9/11

Gain perspective and understanding on a troubled region with this course that provides a narrative history and analysis of U.S. political involvement in the Middle East.

• By This Professor
• 01: A Meeting of Two Worlds
• 02: Wilson & the Breakup of the Ottoman Empire
• 03: The Interwar Period
• 04: U.S. & the Middle East During World War II
• 05: Origins of the Cold War in the Middle East
• 06: Truman & the Creation of Israel
• 07: Eisenhower, the Cold War & the Middle East
• 08: The Suez Crisis & Arab Nationalism
• 09: Kennedy-Engaging Middle Eastern Nationalism
• 10: Johnson-Taking Sides
• 11: The Six-Day War
• 12: The Nixon Doctrine & the Middle East
• 13: The Yom Kippur War & Kissinger's Diplomacy
• 14: Carter & Camp David
• 15: The Iranian Revolution & the Hostage Crisis
• 16: Era of Limits-Energy Crises of the 1970s
• 17: The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
• 18: Reagan & the Middle East
• 19: The First Palestinian Intifada
• 20: The Gulf War
• 21: The Rise & Fall of the Oslo Peace Process
• 22: The United States & the Kurds
• 23: The United States & Osama bin Laden
• 24: September 11 & Its Aftermath