1. Stew in Their Own Juice: Reagan, Syria and Lebanon, 1981--1984.
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Andersson, Magnus Seland and Waage, Hilde Henriksen
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ARAB-Israeli conflict, 1973-1993 , *COLD War, 1945-1991 , *INTERNATIONAL security , *INTERNATIONAL relations ,UNITED States foreign relations, 1981-1989 - Abstract
The article examines the important role played by the administration of U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Syria and Lebanon from 1981 to 1984. Topics discussed include the U.S. intervention in the Lebanese civil war as a mediator and peacekeeper to boost the Arab-Israeli peace process, how the Reagan administration misread the geopolitical dynamics of Lebanon's civil war as Cold War proxy conflict between Syria and Israel, and how Reagan's support of the Christian and pro-Israeli Bashir and Amin Gemayel tinted U.S. image as a neutral peacekeeper.
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- 2020
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