The end of ambition : America's past, present, and future in the Middle East
Cook, Steven A.
Polityka, Rząd (organ państwowy), Stany Zjednoczone, Cape Sable (Stany Zjednoczone)
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Author
Cook, Steven A.
Title
The end of ambition : America's past, present, and future in the Middle East
Issue number
1st ed.
Volume
1 online resource
Series
Oxford scholarship online
Object passwords
Polityka
Rząd (organ państwowy)
Stany Zjednoczone
Cape Sable (Stany Zjednoczone)
Additional information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Original Sins -- 2. Prime Directive -- 3. Unbreakable Bonds -- 4. The Great Transformation -- 5. The Aborted Revolution -- 6. Retrenching and Hedging -- 7. Back to the Future.
Summary
Steven A. Cook charts the course of the United States' encounter with the Middle East from the mid-twentieth century through the present day. Looking back, Cook makes a bold claim: the U.S. was - despite setbacks and moral costs - spectacularly successful. That record of achievement began to unravel in the early 1990s when policymakers embarked upon a set of overly ambitious policies to remake the Middle East. Cook highlights that calls to withdraw from the region are rash given the important in
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