A Choice Of Enemies
America Confronts The Middle East
- Paperback
640 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2009
Summary
The United States is locked into three prolonged conflicts without much hope of early resolution. Iran is pursuing a nuclear programme; the aftermath of the overthrow of Saddam Hussein has seen unrelenting intercommunal violence; and the Taliban have got back into Afghanistan.
Lawrence Freedman teases out the roots of each engagement over the last thirty years and demonstrates with clarity and scholarship the influence of these conflicts upon each other.
The story is complex a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753825884 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0753825880 |
| Author: | Lawrence Freedman |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 640 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2009 |
| Weight: | 680g |
| Dimensions: | 42mm x 134mm x 216mm |
| Series: | Phoenix |
Critics Review
‘A richly detailed and calmly argued book about one of the most divisive regions in the world. Worth reading for anyone who wants to unmuddle their attitudes about the Middle East.’
A richly detailed and calmly argued book about one of the most divisive regions in the world. Worth reading for anyone who wants to unmuddle their attitudes about the Middle East. - SUNDAY MERCURY
an expert’s masterly account of US involvement in the Middle East - CONTEMPORARY REVIEWLawrence Freedman
Lawrence Freedman is based at King’s College, London and is one of our most distinguished historians of twentieth-century military and political strategy.
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