1. 20 Foreign and Military Policy

2. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.20 - 2 Map 20.1: U.S. Military Intervention in the Middle East

3. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.20 - 3 The United States and the Middle East Webline 1.British and US Involvement in Iran, 1906-2002: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tehran/etc/cron.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/tehran/etc/cron.html 2.History of Iraq, 1920-1999: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/iraqtimeline1.htmlhttp://www.infoplease.com/spot/iraqtimeline1.html 3.Overthrow of the Iranian Government: http://www.coldwar.org/articles/50s/iranian_overthrow.php3 http://www.coldwar.org/articles/50s/iranian_overthrow.php3 4.Iraq armed by United States: http://www.iranchamber.com/history/articles/arming_iraq.phphttp://www.iranchamber.com/history/articles/arming_iraq.php 5.1979: Soviet Union invades Afghanistan, US begins to arm Mujahideen (bin Laden), train Taliban http://www.zmag.org/middletimeline.htm 6. Iran-Contra affair: http://homepages.uc.edu/~lawsonb/teaching/ps490/irancontra_timeline.htm http://homepages.uc.edu/~lawsonb/teaching/ps490/irancontra_timeline.htm 7. A comprehensive timeline of the region: http://www.scaruffi.com/politics/middleea.htmlhttp://www.scaruffi.com/politics/middleea.html 8. Two sides to the Al-Quaeda-Hussein link: http://www.geocities.com/republican_strategist/Iraq-Bin-Laden.html, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47812-2004Jun16.html http://www.geocities.com/republican_strategist/Iraq-Bin-Laden.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47812-2004Jun16.html 9. CSM articles on US involvement and on Neoconservative Empire Building: http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0927/p25s1-wome.html, http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/neocon/neocon101.html. http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0927/p25s1-wome.html http://www.csmonitor.com/specials/neocon/neocon101.html 10. Wow- the most comprehensive 911 timeline (currently 1601 entries): http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline http://www.cooperativeresearch.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=complete_911_timeline

4. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.20 - 4 Map 20.2: U.S. Military Intervention in Central America and the Caribbean Since 1950

5. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.20 - 5 Figure 20.1: Trends in Military Spending (in constant dollars) Source: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), "National Defense Budget Estimates for FY 2003."

6. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.20 - 6 Figure 20.2: Public Sentiment on Defense Spending, 1960-2002 Source: Updated from The Public Perspective (August/September 1997), 19, and Gallup Poll.

7. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.20 - 7 Table 20.3: U.S. Military Forces Before and After the Breakup of the Soviet Union