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Dunford, David J.,

From Sadat to Saddam : the decline of American diplomacy in the Middle East / David J. Dunford. - 1 online resource (xviii, 248 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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 US Middle East policy. The work reveals that the decline of U.S. diplomatic effectiveness well predates the arrival of the Trump administration.

ISBN: 9781640122499 1640122494 9781640122475 1640122478 9781640122482 1640122486

Standard No.: 40029601404

Source: 22573/ctvqp0skk JSTOR

LCCN: 2019005301

Subjects--Personal Names:
Dunford, David J.
Dunford, David J.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Diplomats--United States--Biography.
Ambassadors--United States--Biography.
Diplomates--États-Unis--Biographies.
Ambassadeurs--États-Unis--Biographies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--International Relations--Diplomacy.
Ambassadors.
Diplomatic relations.
Diplomats.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.
Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.
États-Unis--Relations extérieures--Moyen-Orient.
Moyen-Orient--Relations extérieures--États-Unis.
Middle East.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.

LC Class. No.: E840.8.D865 / A3 2019eb

Dewey Class. No.: 327.2092