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Beyond America's Grasp: A Century of Failed Diplomacy in the Middle East First Edition Edition

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; First Edition edition (October 27, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0374281246
  • ISBN-13: 978-0374281243
  • Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1 x 9.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsvery accessible - a valuable, intriguing perspective
By Naturale on January 24, 2010
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This is a refreshing and very readable book which gives a unique perspective on the Middle East. It clearly explains the impact on the region by the Western Powers and the impact of European colonialism and U.S. naivete. Also, Cohen takes each Arab country individually to show its own needs and influences, and we can begin to stop seeing the Middle East as simply one anti-American Islamist bloc. Is peace possible, not only between Israel and its neighbors but between the Arab countries and the U.S.? You need not reach the same conclusions as Cohen but his lucid details give an understanding that we in the West are in great need of. This is a valuable book and very pertinent.
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4.0 out of 5 starsVanguar for US and ME relations education/understanding
By Luis on September 7, 2011
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This is a great book to help those who limit their knowledge of the ME within US news sources. Everyone that wants to work in any way with people from some of these countries it will be very beneficial for your interaction. This book was excellent except from my limited perspective in the complex reality of the Israel/ Palestinian relationship it seemed a fraction favoring Israel. Conclusion is that books like this should be part of the education of this society.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA masterfully written overview of America’s rocky relationship with the Arab States
By John M. Balouziyeh on February 17, 2015
Format: Hardcover
This book is a masterfully written overview of America’s rocky relationship with the Arab States. The book takes the reader through a chapter-by-chapter tour d’horizon of each Arab State and how it has reacted to America’s stated ideals in light of American realpolitik. Cohen goes on to treat the challenges facing the modern Middle East. He aptly recognizes the “war of ideas … being waged among competing views of what is the good life for a young Muslim in the twenty-first century” (p. 234). Cohen argues that we must be engaged in this debate by “creating a peace of ideas” (p. 256) based on common conceptions of human dignity and mutual respect.
I highly recommend this book to Americans working or living in the Middle East and especially to military officers and diplomats.
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4.0 out of 5 starsGo behind the headlines
By Thomas Mitchell on January 30, 2010
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With over 40 years of experience in the Middle East, Prof. Stephen Cohen is well equipped to give us the basic relevant history and culture in the Middle Eastern countries most relevant to American policy: Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran. Occasionally he brings in personal anecdotes but most of the information comes from the extensive bibliography found in the back of the book. Cohen offers no magic formulas or solutions for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, for rebuilding Iraq or for anything else for that matter. But for those without a background in Middle Eastern studies this is a good place to go for relevant information to flush out the headlines from World War I forward.
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