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Al-Najaf: its resurgence as a religious and university center / Norton, Augustus Richard

Norton, Augustus Richard	Journal Article
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2011.

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Leaderships ; Al - Najaf ; Shia Muslims ; Hassan ; Hussein ; Imam Ali

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Caught between his friends and his enemies: the evolution of American-Jordanian collaboration in the 1960s / Barnwell, Kristi N

Barnwell, Kristi N	Journal Article
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2011.

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Early in the 1960s, the United States government saw Jordan as a useful ally but hesitated to supply the military and financial backing King Hussein requested. The Johnson administration wavered in its commitment to arm Jordan throughout the crises of the 1960s. After 1967, however, when Hussein found himself on the losing side but survived the crisis, the United States committed itself to Jordan's existence and threw its financial and political support behind him. This article draws on the LBJ Presidential Archives to examine the evolution of the Jordanian-American relationship in this turbulent decade.

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United States ; Jordan ; Financial Support ; Hussein ; American - Jordanian Collaboration ; 1960

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For king and country: Jack O'Connell, the CIA, and the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1963-71 / Ashton, Nigel J

Ashton, Nigel J	Journal Article
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2012.

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Jack O'Connell, who served as CIA Station Chief in Jordan between 1963 and 1971, was a unique and remarkable figure in the contemporary history of United States involvement in the Middle East. He established a closer personal relationship with King Hussein than any other foreigner before or since. Subsequently he went on to serve as the King's attorney-at-law in the United States and as his informal diplomatic adviser. This article explores O'Connell's role as CIA Station Chief, focusing in particular on his account of the events leading up to the outbreak of the 1967 war and of the covert diplomacy which followed it. It concludes that if O'Connell's claims are sustained, the United States must bear a greater share of responsibility for failing to prevent the outbreak of war and for the failure to secure a diplomatic settlement in its aftermath than has hitherto been acknowledged.

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CIA ; United States ; Middle East ; Jordan ; Arab - Israeli Conflict ; Hussein

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