عنوان

What role should the U.S. play in the Middle East?

9780737744507 (hardcover)

English Book

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.

United States, Foreign relations, Middle East

Middle East, Foreign relations, United States