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Publisher: The New Press
ISBN: 9781595586445
Price: $21.50 CAD
Publication Date: May 2011
Rights: Canada
Pages: 272

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Three Kings

The Rise of an American Empire in the Middle East After World War II

Lloyd Gardner

From F.D.R. to L.B.J., Three Kings reveals a story of America’s scramble for political influence, oil concessions, and a new military presence based on airpower and generous American aid to shaky regimes in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, and Iraq. Marshaling new and revelatory evidence from the archives, Lloyd Gardner deftly weaves together three decades of U.S. moves in the region to offer the first history of America’s efforts to supplant the British empire in the Middle East. From the early efforts to support and influence the Saudi regime (including the creation of Dhahran airbase, the target of Osama bin Laden’s first terrorist attack in 1996) and the CIA-engineered coup in Iran to Nasser’s Egypt and, finally, the rise of Iraq as a major petroleum power, Three Kings is “a valuable contribution to our understanding of our still-deepening involvement in this region” (Booklist).

As American policy makers and military planners grapple with the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, Gardner uncovers the largely hidden story of how the United States got into the Middle East in the first place.

· Preface and Acknowledgments

1. Introduction to a Doctrine

2. The United States Moves into the Middle East

3. The Truman Doctrine Protectorate

4. The Iran Oil Crisis

5. Damming the Egyptian Revolution

6. Be Careful What You Wish For

· Epilogue

· Notes

· Index

About the Author

Lloyd C. Gardner is the Charles and Mary Beard Professor of History at Rutgers University and the author and editor of more than a dozen books, including The Long Road to Baghdad, The Road to Tahrir Square and Three Kings. He lives in Newtown, Pennsylvania.