A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle East Tapa dura - 2008

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PublicAffairs, 2008. Hardcover. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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PublicAffairs, 2008-05-13. Hardcover. Very good. 6.5x2.25x9.5. 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 law. The history of the U.S. in the Middle East, then, becomes an especially revealing mirror on America's view of its role in the wider world.In this wise, objective, and illuminating history, Lawrence Freedman shows how three key events in 1978–79 helped establish the foundations for U.S. involvement in the Middle East that would last for thirty years, without offering any straightforward or bloodless exit options: the Camp David summit leading to the Israel-Egypt Treaty; the Iranian Islamic revolution leading to the Shah's departure followed by the hostage crisis; and the socialist revolution in Afghanistan, resulting in the doomed Soviet intervention.Freedman makes clear how America's strategic choices in those and subsequent crises led us to where we are today. A Choice of Enemies is essential… Leer más

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PublicAffairs, 2008-05-13. Hardcover. Like New. 6x2x9. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. <br> Examines how the Camp David summit leading to the Israel-Egypt Treaty, the Iranian Islamic revolution, and the failed Soviet intervention in Afghanistan all influenced America's strategic and policy choices and led to its current involvement in the Middle East.