Introduction: The crossroads of empire
Private knowledge : American missionaries, the inquiry, and the First World War in the Middle East, 1917-1922
Wartime expertise : the Office of Strategic Services, the Army Specialized Training Program, and World War II in the Middle East, 1940-1945
A time of national emergency : the national security establishment, academic institutions, and the origins of Middle East studies, 1947-1957
America's sheet anchors : creating Cold War universities in the Middle East, 1922-1962
(In)Visible government : the National Defense Education Act and the establishment of Middle East studies, 1950-1967
Modernizing the Middle East : constructing traditional society and expertise, 1950-1973
Privatizing knowledge : think tanks, Middle East expertise, and the decline of Area Studies, 1973-1988
Empire and its limitations : neoconservatism, the Bush Doctrine, and the Global War on Terror, 1989-2009
Epilogue: America and the Arab Spring.
