Sowing crisis : the Cold War and American dominance in the Middle East /
Rashid Khalidi.
- Boston : Beacon Press, c2009.
- xvi, 308 p. : map ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-290) and index.
Introduction: Rethinking the Cold War in the Middle East -- Oil and the origins of the Cold War -- The Middle East and the international sy stem -- Superpower rivalry as a catalyst for conflict -- The Cold War a nd the undermining of democracy -- Victory in the Cold War, and the Glo bal War on Terror.