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Description edit
A renowned historian and security analyst sheds new light on America's quintessential foreign policy dilemma: our recent engagement in the Middle East. It is in the Middle East that the U.S. has been made to confront its attitudes on the use of force, the role of allies, and international... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Saddam Hussein: Add a description of this character.
- Arafat
- Clinton
- Carter
- Reagan
- Bush
- Barak
- Khomeini
- Brzezinski
- Rabin
- Assad
- Weinberger
- Sharon
- Powell
- Shultz
- Cheney
- Shamir
- Sadat
- Rumsfeld
- Wolfowitz
- Haig
- Ghorbanifar
- Nasser
- Baker
- Zawahiri
- Netanyahu
- Rice
- Daoud
- Peres
- Bhutto
- Chalabi
- Musharraf
- Mcfarlane
- Kissinger
- Ledeen
- Vance
- Khatami
- Gorbachev
- Aziz
- Gemayel
- Casey
- Blair
- Scowcroft
- Albright
- Camp David
- Rafsanjani
- Azzam
- Amin
Setting & Locations edit
- Iraq
- United States
- Iran
- Israel
- Afghanistan
- Lebanon
- Kuwait
- Syria
- Pakistan
- Middle East
- Egypt
- Washington
- Saudi Arabia
- Tehran
- Soviet Union
- Baghdad
- Beirut
- Moscow
- America
- West Bank
- Jordan
- Gaza
- Persian Gulf
- Islam
- France
- Libya
- Vietnam
- Palestine
- White House
- Britain
- Jerusalem
- Kabul
- Sudan
- Russia
- China
- Somalia
- Germany
- Oslo
- Geneva
- Algeria
- India
- Europe
- North Korea
- Damascus
- London
- Japan
- Turkey
- Savak
- Cairo
Authors & Contributors edit
- Lawrence Freedman (Author)
Awards edit
- Lionel Gelber Prize (2009)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 327.73056
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › International › Relations
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › Freedom & Security › International Security
- Books › History › Military › Iraq War
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science
- Books › History › Middle East › Iran
- Books › History › Middle East › Iraq
- Books › History › World
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