The US and the Middle East: 1914 to September 11, 2001 RIT Zoom
Winter (14+ hours) | Available (Membership Required)
This course will examine, chronologically, the economic, political, social, and cultural aspects of the US relations with the nations of the Middle East since 1914. US interests in the Middle East prior to WWI were missionary, educational, and commercial. The US became directly involved in the Middle East after WWII when the region became the most strategically important area in the world. We will discuss Truman and the creation of Israel; Arab nationalism; the energy crisis of the 1970s; the First Palestinian Intifada; the Gulf War; and Osama bin Laden, 9/11, and its aftermath.
Audio/Visual, Discussion, Lecture
Marie Levin
Marie Levin had a career in clinical laboratory science. She has led history courses at Osher at RIT for 20 years including the history of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Russia, India, Rome, and Greece.