American Intervention In The Middle East
This article provides an overview of American interventions in the Middle East executed between 1941 and before the Iranian Revolution in 1978-1979.
Read more about American Intervention In The Middle East: Background, Israel, Syria: 1949, Mosaddeq and The Shah, Egypt 1956: The Suez Crisis, The Six Day War and Black September, Afghanistan and Pakistan
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