A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East
- ISBN-10
- 1400065488
- ISBN-13
- 9781400065486
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 539
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Random House of Canada
- Author
- Kenneth Michael Pollack
Description
Argues that the political repression, economic stagnation, and cultural conflict in the Middle East are the greatest threat to America's long-term peace and prosperity and proposes a new U.S. strategy designed to encourage reform in the region.
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