Books written by Bruce Riedel
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The Arab Awakening: America and the Transformation of the Middle East
During the Third Wave of democratization, Karen Remmer wrote that experiences under Latin American dictators generated “a willingness to compromise and moderate demands in the interest of avoiding relapses into authoritarianism.
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Which Path to Persia?: Options for a New American Strategy toward Iran
Options for a New American Strategy toward Iran Kenneth M. Pollack, Daniel L. Byman, Martin S. Indyk, ... insurgencies may need direct military intervention either to stave off a catastrophic defeat, like at the Bay of Pigs, ...
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Jordan and America: An Enduring Friendship
A telling history of one of the most important relationships in the Middle East This is the first book to tell the remarkable story of the relationship between Jordan and the United States and how their leaders have navigated the dangerous ...
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Beirut 1958: How America's Wars in the Middle East Began
Future American interventions in the region would not work out quite as well. Bruce Riedel’s new book tells the now-forgotten story (forgotten, that is, in the United States) of the first U.S. combat operation in the Middle East.
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Kings and Presidents: Saudi Arabia and the United States since FDR
Bruce Riedel for decades has followed these kings and presidents during his career at the CIA, the White House, and Brookings. This book offers an insider's account of the U.S.-Saudi relationship, with unique insights.
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What We Won: America's Secret War in Afghanistan, 1979 89
This book examines the lessons we can learn from this intelligence operation for the future and makes some observations on what came next in Afghanistan—and what is likely yet to come.
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Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America, and the Future of the Global Jihad
Praise for the hardcover edition of Deadly Embrace "Mr. Riedel, who has advised no fewer than four American presidents, knows power from the inside—something he is keen to share with the reader.
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Avoiding Armageddon: America, India and Pakistan to the Brink and Back
In Avoiding Armageddon, Bruce Riedel explains the challenge and the importance of successfully managing America's affairs with these two emerging powers and their toxic relationship.
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JFK's Forgotten Crisis: Tibet, the CIA, and the Sino-Indian War
This is, Riedel writes, Kennedy's finest hour as you have never read it before.
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Avoiding Armageddon: America, India, and Pakistan to the Brink and Back
In Avoiding Armageddon, Bruce Riedel clearly explains the challenge and the importance of successfully managing America's affairs with these two emerging powers and their toxic relationship.
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JFK's Forgotten Crisis: Tibet, the CIA, and Sino-Indian War
This is, Riedel writes, Kennedy's finest hour as you have never read it before.
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Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America, and the Future of the Global Jihad
... Deadly Embrace, Bruce Riedel offers us great insight, sound advice, and some hope that this challenge can be met. Our nation's security depends on it.” — K ARL INDERFURTH, Elliott School of International Relations at George Washington ...
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Avoiding Armageddon: America, India and Pakistan to the Brink and Back
In Avoiding Armageddon, Bruce Riedel explains the challenge and the importance of successfully managing America's affairs with these two emerging powers and their toxic relationship.
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The Search for Al Qaeda: Its Leadership, Ideology, and Future
This widely acclaimed book fills this gap with a comprehensive analysis of al Qaeda—the origins, leadership, ideology, and strategy of the terrorist network that brought down the Twin Towers and continues to threaten us today.