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The Middle East is the beginning and the end of U.S. foreign policy: events there influence our alliances, make or break presidencies, govern the price of oil, and draw us into war. But it was not always so--and as Patrick Tyler shows in this thrilling chronicle of American misadventures in the region, the story of American presidents' dealings there is one of mixed motives, skulduggery, deceit, and outright foolishness, as well as of policyma...

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The Middle East is the beginning and the end of U.S. foreign policy: events there influence our alliances, make or break presidencies, govern the price of oil, and draw us into war. But it was not always so--and as Patrick Tyler shows in this thrilling chronicle of American misadventures in the region, the story of American presidents' dealings there is one of mixed motives, skulduggery, deceit, and outright foolishness, as well as of policyma...

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A group portrait of the political class that has created Israel's identity and strategy since the birth of the nation, and a look inside the collective militaristic mindset that sustains it

The Middle East is the beginning and the end of U.S. foreign policy: events there influence our alliances, make or break presidencies, govern the price of oil, and draw us into war. But it was not always so - and as Patrick Tyler shows in this thrilling chronicle of American misadventures in the region, the story of American presidents' dealings there is one of mixed motives, skulduggery, deceit, and outright foolishness, as well as of policym...

Once in the military system, Israelis never fully exit, " writes the prizewinning journalist Patrick Tyler in the prologue to Fortress Israel. "They carry the military identity for life, not just through service in the reserves until age forty-nine . . . but through lifelong expectations of loyalty and secrecy." The military is the country to a great extent, and peace will only come, Tyler argues, when Israel's military elite adopt it as the n...

A spellbinding narrative account of America in the Middle East that "reads almost like a thriller" (The Economist)The Middle East is the beginning and the end of U.S. foreign policy: events there influence our alliances, make or break presidencies, govern the price of oil, and draw us into war. But it was not always so-and as Patrick Tyler shows in A World of Trouble, a thrilling chronicle of American misadventures in the region. The story of ...

Veteran journalist Patrick Tyler draws on newly opened presidential archives to dramatize the approach to the Middle East across U.S. presidencies and shows how each president has managed to undo the policies of his predecessor, often fomenting anger against America.

A veteran journalist and news bureau chief in Beijing shares his many interviews with presidents, secretaries of state, and Chinese officials, as well as newly opened documents that illuminates the relationship between China and the U.S. Photos.