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Last Chance: The Middle East in the Balance

by David Gardner
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Last Chance: The Middle East in the Balance - Thryft
Last Chance: The Middle East in the Balance - Thryft

Analyzing the Middle East's complex dysfunctionality.

"Last Chance" offers a deeply informed perspective on a region that continues to puzzle and challenge policymakers. David Gardner's expertise shines as he dissects the historical and contemporary factors that have shaped the Middle East. His argument that Western policies have often exacerbated issues in the area provides a thought-proaching angle that's sure to engage anyone interested in understanding—and possibly influencing—this geopolitical hotbed.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Last Chance: The Middle East in the Balance

by David Gardner
₱1,529.55 Now ₱1,232.55 Save 19%
ISBN: 9781848850415
Authors: David Gardner
Publisher: I B TAURIS & COMPANY EPZ TITLES
Date of Publication: 2009-06-15
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Personal Development, Politics
Related Topics: History, Political Science, Politics, World History, Government
Goodreads rating: 3.47
(rated by 15 readers)

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As Barack Obama seeks to chart a new course in American foreign policy, David Gardner addresses the controversial but urgent question: why is the Middle East so dysfunctional? Clear-sighted and never flinching from uncomfortable truths, Gardner draws on his acute grasp of history and decades of experience covering the region to look at why conflict, despotism, and sectarianism continue to flourish in the Arab world while they decline elsewhere. The supposed ‘Middle East exception’ is, in fact, a product of the West’s own making. By supporting tyrants, fueling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and demonizing democratically elected Islamist parties, the West has incubated a region inherently resistant to economic and political reform, and suppurating with resentment. Timely and insightful, Gardner makes the case for a foreign policy revolution, calling for nothing less than a total reappraisal of what realpolitik means.
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Analyzing the Middle East's complex dysfunctionality.

"Last Chance" offers a deeply informed perspective on a region that continues to puzzle and challenge policymakers. David Gardner's expertise shines as he dissects the historical and contemporary factors that have shaped the Middle East. His argument that Western policies have often exacerbated issues in the area provides a thought-proaching angle that's sure to engage anyone interested in understanding—and possibly influencing—this geopolitical hotbed.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.