{"product_id":"a-necessary-engagement-emile-a-nakhleh-9780691135250","title":"A Necessary Engagement: Reinventing America's Relations with the Muslim World","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Necessary Engagement\u003c\/i\u003e, the CIA's former point man on Islam makes a vigorous case for a renewal of American public diplomacy in the Muslim world. Offering a unique balance between in-depth analysis, personal memoir, and foreign policy remedies, the book injects much-needed wisdom into the public discussion of long-term U.S.-Muslim relations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Intelligence insider Emile Nakhleh argues that an engagement with the Muslim world benefits the national interest of the United States. Therefore, the next administration should discard the terrorism prism through which the country has viewed political Islam since 9\/11 and focus instead on the common interests of America and mainstream Muslims. Nakhleh investigates recent U.S. policy toward Islamic nations and offers the new administration a ten-point plan for rebuilding America's relationship with the Muslim world. The author demonstrates that winning over Arabs and Muslims requires a thorough knowledge of Arab and Muslim cultures and languages within our intelligence community, as well as a long-term American commitment of personnel and resources. While the success of these efforts will be incremental and hard to measure, Nakhleh believes that the current low standing of the United States in most Arab and Muslim countries can be reversed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stressing that effective public diplomacy must be a serious, coordinated effort pursued at the highest political levels, \u003ci\u003eA Necessary Engagement\u003c\/i\u003e charts a new course for future ties between the United States and the Islamic world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emile a. Nakhleh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691135258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691135250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/05\/2009 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/06\/2009 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009","brand":"Emile a. Nakhleh","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065039401215,"sku":"9780691135250","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f6e7a48-e574-4722-93d5-44f99e285fe2.jpg?v=1768672738","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-necessary-engagement-emile-a-nakhleh-9780691135250","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}