Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction

1. Palestinians in the Nineteenth-Century Mind
2. Woodrow Wilson: "Rising Above" Self-Determination
3* Franklin Roosevelt: Locked In
4* Harry Truman: History Belongs to the Victors
5* Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson: Possession Is Nine-Tenths of the Law
6. Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford: An Unrecognizable Episode
7* Jimmy Carter: Making a Difference
8. Ronald Reagan: Missed Opportunities
9* George Bush: No Illusions
10. The Pictures in Our Heads
11. Afterword: Clinton's Legacy

Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Kathleen Christison, a freelance writer and former CIA analyst, has written on Middle East affairs for over twenty-five years. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Reviews

"Breaks new ground through the sheer scope of its analysis, tracing 130 years of formulation of American perceptions of the Middle East and their ultimate manifestation in U.S. government policy. It is unhesitatingly recommended, as a standard text, to anyone wishing to better understand the conflict." - Nigel Parry, Middle East International "There is no shrewder observer of the American-Palestinian-Israeli triangle. Christison has written a masterful treatise on how it is that the United States managed to ignore the Palestinians for a century." - Donald Neff, Journal of Palestine Studies "After reading this book, it will be impossible not to wince the next time a representative of the U.S. government describes America as an honest broker." - Lawrence Davidson, Middle East Journal