The United States and the Middle East, 1914 to 9/11

Part I: Lecture l. A meeting of two worlds

Lecture 2. Wilson & the breakup of the Ottoman Empire

Lecture 3. The interwar period

Lecture 4. U.S. & the Middle East during World War II

Lecture 5. Origins of the Cold War in the Middle East

Lecture 6. Truman & the creation of Israel

Lecture 7. Eisenhower, the Cold War & the Middle East

Lecture 8. The Suez crisis & Arab nationalism

Lecture 9. Kennedy: engaging Middle Eastern nationalism

Lecture 10. Johnson: taking sides

Lecture 11. The Six-day War

Lecture 12. The Nixon doctrine & the Middle East

Part II: Lecture 13. The Yom Kippur War & Kissinger's diplomacy

Lecture 14. Carter & Camp David

Lecture 15. The Iranian Revolution & the hostage crisis

Lecture 16. Era of limits: energy crises of the 1970's

Lecture 17. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Lecture 18. Reagan & the Middle East

Lecture 19. The first Palestinian Intifada

Lecture 20. The Gulf War

Lecture 21. The rise & fall of the Oslo Peace Process

Lecture 22. The United States & the Kurds

Lecture 23. The United States and Osama bin Laden

Lecture 24. September 11 & its aftermath.