What role should the U.S. play in the Middle East?
Noah Berlatsky, editor
Detroit
Greenhaven Press,
c2009
113 p. , 24 cm.
At issue. International politics
U.S. support of repressive regimes in the Middle East encourages terrorism / Stephen Zunes -- U.S. intervention will encourage democracy in the Middle East / George W. Bush -- The United States needs to cultivate allies, not democracies / Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett -- U.S. dependence on Middle East oil undermines democracy building / Dr. Gal Luft -- U.S. arms sales undermine stability in the Middle East / Katie Mounts and Travis Sharp -- The United States should stay in Iraq until victory is won / James Phillips and Ted Galen Carpenter -- The United States should leave Iraq and focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan / Barack Obama -- The United States should highlight al Qaeda's atrocitie in the Middle East / Gary Anderson -- The United States should bomb Iran / Joshua Muravchik -- The United States should negotiate with Iran / Christopher Hitchens -- The United States cannot negotiate with its Middle East enemies / Orson Scott Card -- The United States must negotiate with Hamas / Henry Siegman, interviewed by Bernard Gwertzman.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 102-107) and index.