Includes bibliographical references and index. Place of publication from publisher's website.
Contents:
Cairo : drinking from the Nile -- Washington : Egypt and crisis management -- Riyadh : Chinese missiles -- Riyadh : Desert Shield and Desert Storm -- Muscat : leading an embassy -- Cairo : banking on peace -- Baghdad : wait! what? we're invading Iraq -- Tucson : working with the troops -- Conclusion : toward an effective U.S. diplomacy.
Summary:
From Sadat to Saddam: The Decline of American Diplomacy in the Middle East is a first-hand account of 30 years in the diplomatic trenches of U.S. Middle East policy. The work reveals that the decline of U.S. diplomatic effectiveness well predates the arrival of the Trump administration.
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