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Ropes of Sand
America's Failure in the Middle East
Taschenbuch von Wilbur Crane Eveland
Sprache: Englisch

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A “stinging indictment” of US foreign policy and covert operations in the Middle East from a former military attaché and CIA operative (The Christian Science Monitor).

After the close of World War II, former army intelligence agent Wilbur Crane Eveland trained as a military attaché, specializing in the new focal point of global concern: the Middle East. In the decades that followed, he personally witnessed the evolution and many blunders of American Middle East policy from embassies of Arab states, inside the Pentagon and the White House, and as a principal CIA representative in the region. Finally, as a petroleum-engineering consultant, he lived with the results of America’s errors.

In Ropes of Sand, Eveland delivers a richly detailed assessment of the mistakes, miscalculations, and outright failures he observed. The governments the United States armed to defend the Middle East against Russia ended in collapse. American support of the Shah of Iran led to disastrous results. Many of the major crises the US faced, from the energy shortage to the border issues of Israel, had been forecast decades earlier. Eveland explains the country’s failure to understand these problems and shows why every proposed solution, from the United Nations Partition Resolution for Palestine to the Camp David Accords, only added fuel to the fire. His insider critique is essential for understanding the Arab Spring, the threat of ISIS, and the ongoing conflicts we face in the region today.

First released in 1980, this memoir was initially blocked from publication by the CIA for its revealing and critical discussion of numerous covert operations, some of which Eveland engaged in himself.
A “stinging indictment” of US foreign policy and covert operations in the Middle East from a former military attaché and CIA operative (The Christian Science Monitor).

After the close of World War II, former army intelligence agent Wilbur Crane Eveland trained as a military attaché, specializing in the new focal point of global concern: the Middle East. In the decades that followed, he personally witnessed the evolution and many blunders of American Middle East policy from embassies of Arab states, inside the Pentagon and the White House, and as a principal CIA representative in the region. Finally, as a petroleum-engineering consultant, he lived with the results of America’s errors.

In Ropes of Sand, Eveland delivers a richly detailed assessment of the mistakes, miscalculations, and outright failures he observed. The governments the United States armed to defend the Middle East against Russia ended in collapse. American support of the Shah of Iran led to disastrous results. Many of the major crises the US faced, from the energy shortage to the border issues of Israel, had been forecast decades earlier. Eveland explains the country’s failure to understand these problems and shows why every proposed solution, from the United Nations Partition Resolution for Palestine to the Camp David Accords, only added fuel to the fire. His insider critique is essential for understanding the Arab Spring, the threat of ISIS, and the ongoing conflicts we face in the region today.

First released in 1980, this memoir was initially blocked from publication by the CIA for its revealing and critical discussion of numerous covert operations, some of which Eveland engaged in himself.
Über den Autor
Wilbur Crane Eveland (1918–1990) was a World War II veteran, CIA station chief, and critic of US foreign policy in the Middle East. His memoir, Ropes of Sand (1980), details the many failures of the CIA vis-á-vis the Middle East during the Cold War.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • SERIES INTRODUCTION
  • AUTHOR’S NOTE
  • PREFACE
  • 1 The Genesis
  • 2 Journey into History—1918–1948
  • 3 Thirty Years of Indifference
  • 4 Starting the Odyssey
  • 5 The View from Washington
  • 6 Ominous Precedents
  • 7 In Defense of Oil, the Shah, and the Khyber Pass
  • 8 Farewell to Arms
  • 9 At the Highest Level
  • 10 Spooky Corridors
  • 11 Wait and See
  • 12 Apple-Pie Diplomacy
  • 13 Peace or Plots?
  • 14 Game Plans
  • 15 The Ticking Clock—1956
  • 16 A Nibble on the Bait
  • 17 Through the Glass Darkly
  • 18 Suez and the Bluff
  • 19 The Drop
  • 20 Friends and Enemies
  • 21 Uncertain Secrets
  • 22 The Eisenhower Doctrine
  • 23 Candidates and Coups
  • 24 The Philby Connection
  • 25 Gathering Storm
  • 26 Showdown
  • 27 Death of a Doctrine
  • 28 On the Outside Looking In—1959–1974
  • 29 Denouement in Lebanon—1975
  • 30 Looking Back and to the Future
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781504050074
ISBN-10: 150405007X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Eveland, Wilbur Crane
Hersteller: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 133 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: Wilbur Crane Eveland
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.07.2018
Gewicht: 0,567 kg
Artikel-ID: 113777453
Über den Autor
Wilbur Crane Eveland (1918–1990) was a World War II veteran, CIA station chief, and critic of US foreign policy in the Middle East. His memoir, Ropes of Sand (1980), details the many failures of the CIA vis-á-vis the Middle East during the Cold War.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Dedication
  • CONTENTS
  • SERIES INTRODUCTION
  • AUTHOR’S NOTE
  • PREFACE
  • 1 The Genesis
  • 2 Journey into History—1918–1948
  • 3 Thirty Years of Indifference
  • 4 Starting the Odyssey
  • 5 The View from Washington
  • 6 Ominous Precedents
  • 7 In Defense of Oil, the Shah, and the Khyber Pass
  • 8 Farewell to Arms
  • 9 At the Highest Level
  • 10 Spooky Corridors
  • 11 Wait and See
  • 12 Apple-Pie Diplomacy
  • 13 Peace or Plots?
  • 14 Game Plans
  • 15 The Ticking Clock—1956
  • 16 A Nibble on the Bait
  • 17 Through the Glass Darkly
  • 18 Suez and the Bluff
  • 19 The Drop
  • 20 Friends and Enemies
  • 21 Uncertain Secrets
  • 22 The Eisenhower Doctrine
  • 23 Candidates and Coups
  • 24 The Philby Connection
  • 25 Gathering Storm
  • 26 Showdown
  • 27 Death of a Doctrine
  • 28 On the Outside Looking In—1959–1974
  • 29 Denouement in Lebanon—1975
  • 30 Looking Back and to the Future
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781504050074
ISBN-10: 150405007X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Eveland, Wilbur Crane
Hersteller: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 203 x 133 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: Wilbur Crane Eveland
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.07.2018
Gewicht: 0,567 kg
Artikel-ID: 113777453
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