America's dream palace : Middle East expertise and the rise of the national security state / Osamah...
America's dream palace : Middle East expertise and the rise of the national security state / Osamah...
America's dream palace : Middle East expertise and the rise of the national security state / Osamah F. Khalil.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Call Numbers
G 2017/6494
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
x, 426 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Private knowledge: American missionaries, the inquiry, and the First World War in the Middle East, 1917-1922 -- Wartime expertise: the Office of Strategic Services, the Army Specialized Training Program, and World War II in the Middle East, 1938-1945 -- A time of national emergency: the national sec...
Publication information
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2016.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
America's Dream Palace examines the relationship between U.S. foreign policy and the origins and expansion of Middle East studies and expertise from World War I to the Global War on Terror. It analyzes the transition from the private knowledge of American missionaries and Orientalist scholars adapted for government use in the First and Second World...
Alternative Titles
Full title
America's dream palace : Middle East expertise and the rise of the national security state / Osamah F. Khalil.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-412) and index.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2017/6494
Record Identifier
74VKVGVROVPX
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGVROVPX
Other Identifiers
ISBN
0674971574
9780674971578 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
956.0071173
MMS ID
991024152810702626
