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Focusing on the attitudes and experiences of American female diplomats and spouses, this book examines the social, political, and cultural dimensions of American interactions with the Middle East and North Africa in the five decades after the Second World War. A turbulent period, marked by conflicts associated with the Cold War and decolonization, it was also characterized by changing attitudes to women at odds with those in Moslem societies. The impact of those changes is explored throughout this book, principally drawing on personal oral histories included in the 'Frontline Diplomacy' collection, but reinforced by cables passing between regional U.S. embassies and the State Department in Washington DC.
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • KIRKUS PRIZE WINNER • From the author of the landmark bestseller Lawrence in Arabia comes a stunningly revelatory narrative history of the Iranian Revolution, one of the most momentous events in modern times. This groundbreaking work exposes the jaw-dropping stupidity of the American government and traces the rise of religious nationalism, offering essential insights into today's global unrest. “A masterful and propulsive account that chronicles a devastatingly transformative series of events whose aftereffects reverberate to this day.” —The Kirkus Prize 2025 Jury “An exceptional and important book. Scrupulous and ente...
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Hiram Lacey was born probably in Ohio in 1814. He married Sophia Sell and they had 13 children. They moved from Ohio to Illinois where the majority of their family settled and stayed. One son moved to Nebraska. Information on their ancestral lines and additional material on their descendants is given in this volume. Presently descendants live throughout the United States.
Descendants are to be found in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and elsewhere.
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Beginning with Sept. 1955 issue, includes lists of doctors' dissertations and masters' theses on the education of the deaf.