Carrot Diplomacy
Carrot Diplomacy tackles one of the most important periods of the twentieth century, which has largely committed the United States to safeguarding its interests in the Middle East. From 1952 to 1958, captivating events continued to be felt due to the Cold War, dictating a peculiar policy and a new perspective. With new materials retrieved from historical archives, the author recounts in detail how the United States encounters the ghost of Communism through the conduct of military alliances and defensive schemes that have redrawn the geopolitics of the Middle East. On another level, the United States approached Nasser to resolve both the question of Palestinian refugees and the Arab-Israeli conflict, as was the case with the Johnson Plan to distribute the waters of the Jordan River among the neighboring countries. The 1956 Suez Crisis, for instance, pressured it to formulate new strategies, while the year 1958 became a benchmark to measure its foreign policies. It employs both carrots and sticks with Nasser, whereas President Chamoun is satisfied with the provided carrots to develop the country. The book is crucial to understanding the Middle East because Carrot Diplomacy is remarkably rich in events and references that portray an accurate image of the region.