America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History
E146341
America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History is a critical historical analysis that traces and critiques the United States’ military involvement in the Greater Middle East from the late 20th century onward.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| America’s War for the Greater Middle East | 1 |
| America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1284890 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History Context triple: [Andrew Bacevich, hasWritten, America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History]
-
A.
Disarming Iraq
Disarming Iraq is a non-fiction book by former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix recounting his experiences leading inspections in Iraq and reflecting on the political and diplomatic dynamics surrounding the lead-up to the 2003 Iraq War.
-
B.
The Decision to Intervene
The Decision to Intervene is a historical study by George F. Kennan analyzing the United States’ involvement in the Russian Civil War and the broader context of early 20th-century foreign policy.
-
C.
Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
Operation Freedom’s Sentinel was a U.S.-led military mission in Afghanistan that succeeded Operation Enduring Freedom, focusing on counterterrorism operations and training Afghan security forces.
-
D.
Obama's Wars
"Obama's Wars" is a nonfiction book by journalist Bob Woodward that examines the internal debates and decision-making within the Obama administration over the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
-
E.
War As I Knew It
"War As I Knew It" is a posthumously published memoir by U.S. General George S. Patton Jr. that recounts his World War II campaigns and military philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History Target entity description: America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History is a critical historical analysis that traces and critiques the United States’ military involvement in the Greater Middle East from the late 20th century onward.
-
A.
Disarming Iraq
Disarming Iraq is a non-fiction book by former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix recounting his experiences leading inspections in Iraq and reflecting on the political and diplomatic dynamics surrounding the lead-up to the 2003 Iraq War.
-
B.
The Decision to Intervene
The Decision to Intervene is a historical study by George F. Kennan analyzing the United States’ involvement in the Russian Civil War and the broader context of early 20th-century foreign policy.
-
C.
Operation Freedom’s Sentinel
Operation Freedom’s Sentinel was a U.S.-led military mission in Afghanistan that succeeded Operation Enduring Freedom, focusing on counterterrorism operations and training Afghan security forces.
-
D.
Obama's Wars
"Obama's Wars" is a nonfiction book by journalist Bob Woodward that examines the internal debates and decision-making within the Obama administration over the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
-
E.
War As I Knew It
"War As I Knew It" is a posthumously published memoir by U.S. General George S. Patton Jr. that recounts his World War II campaigns and military philosophy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
history book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author |
Andrew Bacevich
ⓘ
surface form:
Andrew J. Bacevich
|
| authorOccupation |
historian
ⓘ
retired U.S. Army officer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| examines |
U.S. relations with Islamic world
ⓘ
military strategy and doctrine ⓘ political decision-making in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
continuity of U.S. military engagement in the Middle East
ⓘ
costs of prolonged military intervention ⓘ strategic failures of U.S. policy ⓘ |
| format |
ebook
ⓘ
hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| genre |
international relations
ⓘ
military history ⓘ political history ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-553-39393-4 ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 480 ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | critical of U.S. military policy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType | text ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comprehensive critique of U.S. military involvement in the Middle East
ⓘ
synthesizing multiple U.S. interventions into a single narrative of war ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2016 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Random House
ⓘ
Random House ⓘ
surface form:
Random House Publishing Group
|
| setting |
Greater Middle East
ⓘ
surface form:
Greater Middle East region
|
| subject |
Afghan conflicts
ⓘ
surface form:
Afghanistan War
Greater Middle East ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ Gulf War ⓘ
surface form:
Persian Gulf War
U.S. intervention in Lebanon ⓘ U.S. intervention in Libya ⓘ U.S. intervention in Somalia ⓘ U.S. intervention in Syria ⓘ United States foreign policy ⓘ United States military history ⓘ
surface form:
United States military interventions
war on terror ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered |
early 21st century
ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History Description of subject: America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History is a critical historical analysis that traces and critiques the United States’ military involvement in the Greater Middle East from the late 20th century onward.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed
→
relatedWorkOfAuthor
→
America’s War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
America’s War for the Greater Middle East