From Sadat to Saddam : the decline of American diplomacy in the Middle East / David J. Dunford.
Material type: TextPublisher: [Lincoln, Nebraska] : Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: xviii, 248 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781640121577
- 1640121579
- 327.2092 B 23
- E840.8.D865 A3 2019
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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 offers a fresh perspective on the politicization of the U.S. diplomatic corps and the militarization of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. This book begins with the 1981 assassination of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, continues through two Gulf wars, and ends with the U.S. withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq in 2011. This firsthand account of thirty years in the diplomatic trenches of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East addresses the basic questions of how and why we find ourselves today in endless military conflict and argues that it is directly related to the decline in reliance on our diplomatic skills. From Sadat to Saddam offers an in-depth look by a career diplomat at how U.S. soft power has been allowed to atrophy. It chronicles three decades of dealing not just with foreign policy challenges and opportunities but also with the frustrations of working with bureaucrats and politicians who don't understand the world and are unwilling to listen to those who do. The book makes clear that the decline of our diplomatic capability began well before the election of Donald Trump. It recommends that instead of trying to make soldiers into diplomats and diplomats into soldiers, we invest in a truly professional diplomatic service."-- Provided by publisher.