The U.S. and the Middle East | Vol 20 No 3 | May 2006

FROM THE EDITOR
Looking Eastward
Kevin B. Byrne

FOREWORD
The United States and the Middle East
Peter L. Hahn

ARTICLES
Out of the Blue? Historical Scholarship on U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Nathan J. Citino

The United States and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1947 to the Present
Salim Yaqub

Culture and U.S. Relations with the Middle East
Mary Ann Heiss

The Road to Baghdad: The United States and the Persian Gulf
H. W. Brands

TEACHING RESOURCES
America Held Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis of 1979-1981 and U.S.-Iranian Relations
Lawrence A. Wolf

Cultural Aspects of American Relations with the Middle East
Paul R. Frazier

The Decision to Go to War in Iraq
Lara Maupin

TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY WITH DOCUMENTS FROM THE GILDER LEHRMAN COLLECTION
"A Slave in Algiers": A Letter from a Captured American, September 1812
Steven Mintz

AMERICA ON THE WORLD STAGE
Driven to the City: Urbanization and Industrialization in the Nineteenth Century
Stuart M. Blumin

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HISTORIC SITES
Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, Plains, Georgia

The U.S. and the Middle East Volume 20, no 3 • May 2006

The U.S. and the Middle East
Volume 20, no 3 • May 2006