Title
The 1957 American-Syrian Crisis: Globalist Policy in a Regional Reality
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
The American-Syrian crisis officially began on August 12, 1957, when the Syrian government announced the discovery of a US-engineered attempt to overthrow the regime, which the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration believed was close to becoming a Soviet "outpost" in the region. John Foster Dulles turned to a policy of "containment-plus," keeping the "virus" from spreading out from Syria. The regional solution to the Syrian problem that Eisenhower and Dulles so desperately wanted had occurred, albeit from an unexpected source. The Eisenhower administration calculated that if it could not keep the Soviets out of Syria, it might as well trust the job to someone who could. The administration was confident that it could count on the support of Saudi Arabia to arrange the Arab response, since King Sa'ud, upon his visit to Washington, had been officially touted as an ally of the United States in the Middle East as a counterbalance to Nasser.
Identifier
10.4324/9780429489044
Editor
David W. Lesch & Mark L. Haas
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN
9781138604667, 9780813350585, 9780429489044
Repository Citation
Lesch, D. W. (2018). The 1957 American-Syrian crisis: Globalist policy in a regional reality. In D. W. Lesch & M. L. Haas (Eds.), The Middle East and the United States: History, politics, and ideologies (6th ed., pp. 77-92). Routledge.
Publication Information
The Middle East and the United States: History, Politics, and Ideologies