Western Window in the Arab WorldSince November 8, 1942, when American troops in Operation Torch first landed on the beaches of North Africa, almost a million Americansmilitary personnel and their dependentshave lived in Morocco. Their impact on the political and social evolution of Morocco has been significant, but historians and political scientists before this book had made little effort to chart its course or to assess its outcome. The naval base at Port Lyautey in Morocco was