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Syria And The United States

Eisenhower's Cold War In The Middle East
By:David W. Lesch
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Print ISBN:9780367289379
eText ISBN:9781000313796
Edition:1
Copyright:1992
Format:Reflowable

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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