Spheres of intervention : US foreign policy and the collapse of Lebanon, 1967-1976 / James R. Stocker.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: This is the American policy? -- Sparks in the tinderbox: the United States, the June war, and the re-making of the Lebanese crisis -- Compromise in Cairo: the Nixon administration and the Cairo agreement -- From Cairo to Amman: the United States and Lebanese internal security -- Plus ça change: international terrorism, detente and the May 1973 crisis -- Reckoning postponed: from the October war to the civil war -- Disturbing potential: the United States and the renewed conflict -- Reluctant interveners: the red line agreement and Brown's mediation -- Taking its course: the Syrian intervention and its limits -- Epilogue: The cycle continues.

This work examines the history of diplomatic relations between the United States and Lebanon during a transformational period for Lebanon and a time of dynamic changes in U.S. policy toward the Middle East. Drawing on tens of thousands of pages of declassified materials from U.S. archives and a variety of Arabic and other non-English sources, the book provides a new interpretation of Lebanon's slide into civil war, as well as insight into the strategy behind U.S. diplomatic initiatives toward the Arab-Israeli conflict.

English.

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