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Myths, Illusions, and Peace |
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Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East
Dennis Ross - Author
David Makovsky - Author
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| Book: Hardcover | 5.98 x 9.01in | 368 pages | ISBN 9780670020898 | 11 Jun 2009 | Viking Adult | 18 - AND UP |
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Two experts debunk misconceptions about the Middle East and set clear-eyed policies for the future
Why has the United States consistently failed to achieve its strategic goals in the Middle East? According to Dennis Ross and David Makovsky, two of America's leading experts on the region, it is because we have been laboring under false assumptions, or mythologies, about the nature and motivation of Middle East countries and their leaders. In Myths, Illusions, and Peace, the authors debunk these damaging fallacies, held by both the right and the left, and present a concise and far-reaching set of principles that will help America set an effective course of action in the region.
Among the myths that the authors show to be false and even dangerous is the idea that Israeli-Palestinian peace is the key to solving all the Middle East's problems; that regime change is a prerequisite for peace and democracy; and that Iran's leadership is immune from diplomatic and economic pressure.
These and other historic misunderstandings have generated years' worth of failed policies and crippled America's ability to make productive decisions in this volatile part of the world, a region that will hold the key to our security in the twenty-first century. Ross and Makovsky offer a critical rethinking of American perceptions at a time of great import and change.
Myths, Illusions, & Peace
Preface
Chapter One: Introduction and Overview
Linkage and the Peace Process
Chapter Two: Linkage: The Mother of All Myths
Chapter Three: The U.S. Approach to Linkage
Chapter Four: The Neoconservatives and the Peace Process: Disengagement is the Answer
Chapter Five: The Realist Mythology About the Peace Process
Chapter Six: Engagement Without Illusions: Giving Peace a Chance
Engagement
Chapter Seven: Competing Mythologies About Iran
Chapter Eight: The Neoconservative View of Iran: A Rogue Regime that Must be Changed
Chapter Nine: A New Approach for Dealing with Iran
Chapter Ten: Realist Fallacies in Diplomacy: Engaging Hizbollah and Hamas
Values and Interests
Chapter Eleven: The U.S.-Israeli Alliance: Counterweight to Radicalism in the Middle East
Chapter Twelve: Promoting Democracy in the Middle East: Myth, Reality, or Necessity?
Chapter Thirteen: A New Realism for U.S. Policy in the Middle East
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
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