The 1973 Yom Kippur War marked a turning point in the "special relationship" between the United States and Israel. While previous U.S. administrations had taken a relatively even hand in the Middle East, the action saw American support of Israel become virtually unconditional. A massive airlift of military hardware to Israel brought the U.S. and the Soviet Union closer to conflict. 
As the war--just two weeks in duration--played out along the Suez Canal, U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew was forced to resign amidst bribery allegations. Watergate escalated, resulting in President Nixon's near-breakdown. Despite Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's efforts to supply arms to Israel, he was stymied by resistance in the Department of Defense, which some saw as overly provocative toward the Arabs. Ostensibly a U.S. foreign policy success, the war led directly to the 1974 oil crisis and a permanent rift in U.S.-Arab relations. 
Drawing on Kissinger's telephone conversations and recently declassified documents, this book tells the story of how the secretary became the chief architect of America's Middle East policy, and how his Cold War strategy played a critical role in the decision to pursue active military involvement.

Kissinger and the Yom Kippur War

History

Morse, David R.

Africa

McFarland Company

For many Americans, the rise of white supremacy is a recent phenomenon. The truth is quite thecontrary. In this book, David R. Morse details how racism and nativism have been constants inAmerica, from the founding of Jamestown to the administration of Donald Trump. The most egregious example of racism has been directed at African Americans, who came to thiscountry not of their own free will, but as slaves. From the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement, toBlack Lives Matter, the struggle for equality has been ongoing and so often contested by Whites.Additionally, as various immigrant groups have come to the U.S., the public and the governmenthave responded by vilifying them, often with violence, once they arrive. This book makes a cogent argument that people who are, or were, different from the country'swhite Anglo founders have always been viewed with suspicion. At the same time, Blacks and immigrantgroups have contributed to the nation's growth and the development of a national identity.With individual chapters for specific ethnic groups, this book explores the implications of race andethnicity on science and the Census, and how racial classifications and theories have changed overtime. Morse also looks to the future and examines various evidence that points to the role of race inthe coming decades, as America's White population approaches less than half the U.S. population.

An American Legacy: Racism, Nativism, and White Supremacy

Americas

PYP Academy Press

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