Beyond America's grasp : a century of failed diplomacy in the Middle East / Stephen P. Cohen.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009الطبعات:1st edوصف:xii, 284 pages ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780374281243 (hbk)
- 0374281246 (hbk)
- DS63.2.U5 C57 2009
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DS63.2.U5 C57 2009 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000067658 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DS63.2.U5 C57 2009 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010000067683 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-270) and index.
Prologue: The United States in the Middle East -- 1. Wilson Searches for Leadership -- 2. Egypt -- 3. Iran -- 4. Saudi Arabia -- 5. Syria -- 6. Lebanon and Israel -- 7. The Crisis of Legitimacy -- 8. Israel -- 9. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict -- 10. From the War of Ideas to the Peace of Ideas.
"In this book, the Middle East expert Stephen P. Cohen traces U.S. policy in the region back to the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, when the Great Powers failed to take crucial steps to secure peace there. He sees in that early diplomatic failure a pattern shaping the conflicts since then - and America's role in them." "A century ago, there emerged two dominant views regarding the uses of America's newfound power. Woodrow Wilson urged America to promote national freedom and self-determination through the League of Nations - in stark contrast to his predecessor Theodore Roosevelt, who had advocated a vigorous foreign policy based on national self-interest." "Cohen argues that this running conflict has hobbled American dealings in the Middle East ever since. In concise, pointed chapters, he shows how different Middle East countries have struggled to define themselves in the face of America's stated idealism and its actual realpolitik. This conflict came to a head in the confused, clumsy Middle East policy of George W. Bush - but Cohen suggests the ways a greater awareness of our history in the region might enable our present leaders to act more sensibly."--BOOK JACKET.