Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and U.S. Interests in the Middle East Since 1945

Abstract

List of Illustrations Preface to the 2005 Edition Introduction: Middle East Interests 1. Benevolent Supremacy: The Biblical Epic at the Dawn of the American Century, 1947-1960 2. The Middle East in African American Cultural Politics, 1955-1972 3. King Tut, Commodity Nationalism, and the Politics of Oil, 1973-1979 4. The Good Fight: Israel after Vietnam, 1972-1980 5. Iran, Islam, and the Terrorist Threat, 1979-1989 6. Military Multiculturalism in the Gulf War and After, 1990-1999 Conclusion: 9/11 and After: Snapshots on the Road to Empire Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Filmography Index

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