Bøker av Salim Yaqub

In Imperfect Strangers, Salim Yaqub argues that the 1970s were a pivotal decade for U.S.-Arab relations, whether at the upper levels of diplomacy, in street-level interactions, or in the realm of the imagination.

Employing a range of Egyptian, British and American archival sources, this is an account of Eisenhower's efforts to counter President Nasser's appeal throughout the Arab Middle East. It shows how the Eisenhower Doctrine had the unspoken mission of containing Nasser's radical Arab nationalism.