I: Genesis: the Palestine conflict to 1945
Security and politics: the context of U.S. policy toward Palestine after 1945
Ambivalence: Truman's policy toward Palestine, 1945-1947
Diplomacy and conflict: the creation of Israel and the Arab-Israeli war of 1948-1949
II: Security commitments: U.S. strategic interests in the Middle East, 1949-1953
Presidential passivity: Truman and the peace process, 1949-1953
Repatriation versus resettlement: the Palestinian refugee crisis, 1949-1953
Holy places: the question of Jerusalem, 1949-1953
Tangled web: the U.S. failure to solve multiple controversies, 1949-1953
The impact of conflict: U.S. relations with Israel and the Arab states, 1949-1953
III: Cold War framework: U.S. perspectives on the Middle East, 1953-1957
Border wars: Eisenhower, Dulles, and Arab-Israeli frontiers, 1953-1955
Cornucopia of conflict: water, Jerusalem, refugees, and trade, 1953-1955
Stillborn: the U.S. peace process and the resumption of war, 1955-1956
Desperation diplomacy: U.S. policy during the Suez-Sinai war of 1956
Persistent conflict: the aftermath of the Suez-Sinai war
IV: Security affirmed: U.S. regional considerations in the Middle East after the Suez-Sinai war
Containing conflict: U.S. efforts to avert Arab-Israeli clashes, 1957-1961
Selective activism: U.S. efforts to solve Arab-Israeli disputes, 1957-1961
Cost of conflict: U.S. relations with Israel and the Arab states, 1953-1961
Caught in the Middle East.