Written and presented by Professor Salim Yaqub, University of Chicago
Compact disc.
pt. I: lecture l. A meeting of two worlds -- lecture 2. Wilson & the breakup of the Ottoman Empire -- lecture 3. The interwar period -- lecture 4. U.S. & the Middle East during World War II -- lecture 5. Origins of the Cold War in the Middle East -- lecture 6. Truman & the creation of Israel -- lecture 7. Eisenhower, the Cold War & the Middle East -- lecture 8. The Suez crisis & Arab nationalism -- lecture 9. Kennedy: engaging Middle Eastern nationalism -- lecture 10. Johnson: taking sides -- lecture 11. The Six-day War -- lecture 12. The Nixon doctrine & the Middle East -- pt. II: lecture 13. The Yom Kippur War & Kissinger's diplomacy -- lecture 14. Carter & Camp David -- lecture 15. The Iranian Revolution & the hostage crisis -- lecture 16. Era of limits: energy crises of the 1970's -- lecture 17. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan -- lecture 18. Reagan & the Middle East -- lecture 19. The first Palestinian Intifada -- lecture 20. The Gulf War -- lecture 21. The rise & fall of the Oslo Peace Process -- lecture 22. The United States & the Kurds -- lecture 23. The United States and Osama bin Laden -- lecture 24. September 11 & its aftermath