Lyndon Johnson and the Postwar Order in the Middle East, 19621967

This book examines Cold War relations between Egypt and the United States. The author argues that Nassers responses to security and political threats in the Middle East and North Arica conflicted with Americas postwar strategy in those regions. The author focuses on how the failure of AmericanEgyptian diplomacy endangered the Postwar Petroleum Order and facilitated the outbreak of the Six-Day War.