Describe how events in the Middle East have shaped American foreign policy since the 1980s.?

Question

Describe how events in the Middle East have shaped American foreign policy since the 1980s.?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

The Lebanese civil war and degradation of parliamentary democracy in that country are significant.  US intervention forces headquarters were bombed in a famous incident, with 250 soldier deaths, and an American col. Higgins was kidnapped & hung.

The PLO was driven out of Lebanon by Israel and took up residence in Tunisia.

Israel and Egypt signed an historic peace treaty sponsored by the US.  The American president, Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel peace prize for his efforts.