Part I: Lecture l. A meeting of two worlds -- Lecture 2. Wilson & the breakup of the Ottoman Empire -- Lecture 3. The interwar period -- Lecture 4. U.S. & the Middle East during World War II -- Lecture 5. Origins of the Cold War in the Middle East -- Lecture 6. Truman & the creation of Israel -- Lecture 7. Eisenhower, the Cold War & the Middle East -- Lecture 8. The Suez crisis & Arab nationalism -- Lecture 9. Kennedy: engaging Middle Eastern nationalism -- Lecture 10. Johnson: taking sides -- Lecture 11. The Six-day War -- Lecture 12. The Nixon doctrine & the Middle East -- Part II: Lecture 13. The Yom Kippur War & Kissinger's diplomacy -- Lecture 14. Carter & Camp David -- Lecture 15. The Iranian Revolution & the hostage crisis -- Lecture 16. Era of limits: energy crises of the 1970's -- Lecture 17. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan -- Lecture 18. Reagan & the Middle East -- Lecture 19. The first Palestinian Intifada -- Lecture 20. The Gulf War -- Lecture 21. The rise & fall of the Oslo Peace Process -- Lecture 22. The United States & the Kurds -- Lecture 23. The United States and Osama bin Laden -- Lecture 24. September 11 & its aftermath.