Disc 1. A meeting of two worlds ; Wilson & the breakup of the Ottoman Empire ; The interwar period ; United States & the Middle East during World War II ; Origins of the Cold War in the Middle East ; Truman and the creation of Israel. Disc 2. Eisenhower, the Cold War and the Middle East ; The Suez crisis and Arab nationalism ; Kennedyengaging Middle Eastern nationalism ; Johnsontaking sides ; The Six-day War ; The Nixon doctrine and the Middle East
Disc 3. The Yom Kippur War and Kissinger's diplomacy ; Carter and Camp David ; The Iranian Revolution and the hostage crisis ; Era of limits
energy crises of the 1970's ; The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan ; Reagan and the Middle East. Disc 4. The first Palestinian Intifada ; The Gulf War ; The rise and fall of the Oslo Peace Process ; The United States and the Kurds ; The United States and Osama bin Laden ; September 11 and its aftermath.
