Carrot Diplomacy (chamoum , Nasser , And The Unites States)

By (author) Michel Koubrssi
Carrot Diplomacy tackles one of the most important periods of the twentieth century that has largely committed the United States to safeguarding its interests in the Middle East. From 1952 to 1958, captivating events continue to be felt to this day as a result of the Cold War to dictate a peculiar policy and a new perspective. With new materials retrieved from historical archives, the author recounts in detail how the United States encounters the ghost of Communism through the conduct of military alliances and defensive schemes that have redrawn the geopolitics of the Middle East. On another level, the United States approaches Nasser to resolve both the question of Palestinian refugees and the Arab-Israeli conflict, as was the case with the Johnson Plan to distribute the waters of the Jordan River among the neighboring countries. The 1956 Suez Crisis Crisis, for instance, pressures it to formulate new strategies; while the year 1958 becomes a benchmark to measure its foreign policies. It employs both carrots and sticks with Nasser; whereas President Chamoun is satisfied with the provided carrots to develop the country. The book is crucial to understanding the Middle East because Carrot Diplomacy is remarkably rich in events and references that portray an accurate image of the region.