With the United States more intimately involved in the Middle East than at any other time in its history, it is more important than ever for students to have an adequate background on US foreign policy toward the region over the last century and to understand how both the role and the image of the United States have changed over the decades. The fourth edition of this acclaimed survey brings together scholars and diplomats from the Middle East, Europe and North America to provide an objective, cross-cultural assessment of the Middle East policy of the United States. With five of its chapters entirely new, and many others substantially revised, the fourth edition has also, been thoughtfully reorganized and updated to assess the tremendous repercussions of 9/11 on US foreign policy toward the Middle East, the enunciation of the Bush doctrine, the Iraq war and its continuing aftermath, and recent developments in the Arab-Israeli arena. More than ever, The Middle East and the United States provides compellingly comprehensive and authoritative coverage of US foreign policy and Middle East political history from World War I to the present. Book jacket.