{"product_id":"the-pragmatic-superpower-ray-takeyh-9780393081510","title":"The Pragmatic Superpower: Winning the Cold War in the Middle East","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Arab Spring, Iran's nuclear ambitions, the Iraq war, and the Syrian civil war--these contemporary conflicts have deep roots in the Middle East's postwar emergence from colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Pragmatic Superpower\u003c\/em\u003e, foreign policy experts Ray Takeyh and Steven Simon reframe the legacy of U.S. involvement in the Arab world from 1945 to 1991 and shed new light on the makings of the contemporary Middle East. Cutting against conventional wisdom, the authors argue that, when an inexperienced Washington entered the turbulent world of Middle Eastern politics, it succeeded through hardheaded pragmatism--and secured its place as a global superpower.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEyes ever on its global conflict with the Soviet Union, America shrewdly navigated the rise of Arab nationalism, the founding of Israel, and seminal conflicts including the Suez War and the Iranian revolution. Takeyh and Simon reveal that America's objectives in the region were often uncomplicated but hardly modest. Washington deployed adroit diplomacy to prevent Soviet infiltration of the region, preserve access to its considerable petroleum resources, and resolve the conflict between a Jewish homeland and the Arab states that opposed it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Pragmatic Superpower\u003c\/em\u003e provides fascinating insight into Washington's maneuvers in a contest for global power and offers a unique reassessment of America's cold war policies in a critical region of the world. Amid the chaotic conditions of the twenty-first century, Takeyh and Simon argue that there is an urgent need to look back to a period when the United States got it right. Only then will we better understand the challenges we face today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ray Takeyh, Steven Simon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393081516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393081510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2016 pg. 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/22\/2016","brand":"Ray Takeyh","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076039471359,"sku":"9780393081510","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f86b22b3-76b2-4538-80d9-e11078e2cf56.jpg?v=1685462831","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-pragmatic-superpower-ray-takeyh-9780393081510","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}