Presents lectures concerning foreign relations between the U.S. and the Middle East from 1914 to September 11, 2001.

Title from opening screens. Publisher's no.: 8591 (pt. I, discs 1-2), 8592 (pt. II, discs 3-4). Course Number 8593: 24 lectures (30 minutes/lecture).

pt. I (discs 1-2): lecture l. A meeting of two worlds -- lecture 2. Wilson & the breakup of the Ottoman Empire -- lecture 3. The interwar period -- lecture 4. United States & the Middle East during World War II -- lecture 5. Origins of the Cold War in the Middle East -- lecture 6. Truman and the creation of Israel -- lecture 7. Eisenhower, the Cold War and the Middle East -- lecture 8. The Suez crisis and Arab nationalism -- lecture 9. Kennedy--engaging Middle eastern nationalism -- lecture 10. Johnson--taking sides -- lecture 11. The Six-day War -- lecture 12. The Nixon doctrine and the Middle East pt. II (discs 3-4): lecture 13. The Yom Kippur War and Kissinger's diplomacy -- lecture 14. Carter and Camp David -- lecture 15. The Iranian Revolution and the hostage crisis -- lecture 16. Era of limits--energy crises of the 1970s -- lecture 17. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan -- lecture 18. Reagan and the Middle East -- lecture 19. The first Palestinian Intifada -- lecture 20. The Gulf War -- lecture 21. The rise and fall of the Oslo Peace Process -- lecture 22. The United States and the Kurds -- lecture 23. The United States and Osama bin Laden -- lecture 24. September 11 and its aftermath.