America and the Yemens
A Complex and Tragic Encounter- Authors:
- Publisher:
- 2023
Summary
In this book, Bruce Riedel, one of America’s leading experts on the Middle East, provides a history of US relations with the various entities of north and south Yemen, and the first in-depth review of America’s role in the deadly Saudi directed war in the Yemens. Three Presidents—Obama, Trump, and Biden-- have been deeply involved in this conflict. Riedel places this current war in the context of America’s history of engaging with the Yemens. From President Kennedy’s handling of a Soviet and Egyptian coup in Yemen in the fall of 1962 to multiple Presidents interaction with the dictator Ali Abdallah Salih who united the Yemens this is a fascinating story with a colorful cast of characters, America and the Yemens will be of interest to readers seeking to have a better understanding of America’s role in the Middle East and the tragic encounter that has created the worst humanitarian catastrophe in our lives.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2023
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-8157-4013-1
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-8157-4014-8
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 94
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Introduction No access
- Beginnings No access Pages 1 - 16
- Ali Abdallah Saleh and Dancing Snakes No access Pages 17 - 32
- YAFPAK No access Pages 33 - 42
- Obama and the War’s Origins No access Pages 43 - 52
- Trump and a Humanitarian Disaster No access Pages 53 - 62
- Biden and the Future No access Pages 63 - 76
- Notes No access Pages 77 - 82
- Index No access Pages 83 - 92
- About the Author No access Pages 93 - 94





