Imperfect StrangersIn Imperfect Strangers, Salim Yaqub argues that the 1970s were a pivotal decade for U. S. Arab relations, whether at the upper levels of diplomacy, in street level interactions, or in the realm of the imagination. In those years, Americans and Arabs came to know each other as never before. With Western Europe's imperial legacy fading in the Middle East, American commerce and investment spread throughout the Arab world. The United States strengthened