Book by Salim Yaqub examines the turbulent decade of US-Arab relations in the 1970s, from the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and oil embargo through the Camp David Accords, analyzing how the US navigated competing Arab and Israeli demands while attempting to maintain hegemony in the oil-rich region. Yaqub draws on declassified US and Arab archives to document how American policymakers dealt with Palestinian nationalism, the rise of the PLO, and the contradictions of US policy in the decade. A rigorous archival resource for historians and policy researchers studying US-Arab relations in the 1970s, the impact of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War on American policy, and the diplomatic history of US engagement with Palestinian nationalism during the Cold War.
