The Gulf
The Bush Presidencies and the Middle East
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Michael F. Cairo
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Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush both led the United States through watershed events in foreign relations: the end of the Cold War and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Many high-level cabinet members and advisers played important foreign policy roles in both administrations, most notably Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, and Condoleeza Rice. Both presidents perceived Saddam Hussein as a significant threat and took action against Iraq. But was the George W. Bush administration really just "Act II" of George H. W. Bush's administration?
In The Gulf, Michael F. Cairo reveals how, despite many similarities, father and son pursued very different international strategies. He explores how the personality, beliefs, and leadership style of each man influenced contemporary US foreign policy. Contrasting the presidents' management of American wars in Iraq, approach to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and relationships with their Israeli counterparts, Cairo offers valuable insights into two leaders who left indelible marks on US international relations. The result is a fresh analysis of the singular role the executive office plays in shaping foreign policy.
The book is published by The University Press of Kentucky.
“Highly readable and well-researched book" (Choice)
“A thought-provoking analysis that will be cited by many scholars seeking to advance the study of the making of US foreign policy." (H-Net Review)
“This book will be of particularly high value to young scholars as a model of excellent scholarship that they may wish to follow and from which much can be learned." (Presidential Studies Quarterly)
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Magnificent Delusions
- Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding
- De: Husain Haqqani
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 14 h y 23 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 199
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 202
A character-driven history that describes the bizarrely ill-suited alliance between America and Pakistan, written by a uniquely insightful participant: Pakistan's former ambassador to the US. The relationship between America and Pakistan is based on mutual incomprehension, and always has been. Pakistan - to American eyes - has gone from being a stabilizing friend to an essential military ally to a seedbed of terror.
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4 out of 5 stars
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It it Delusions or Sleeping with the Enemy
- De Shah Alam en 01-28-14
De: Husain Haqqani
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A Failed Empire
- The Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev
- De: Vladimir Zubok
- Narrado por: Nick Sullivan
- Duración: 20 h y 13 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 263
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 195
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 194
Western interpretations of the Cold War--both realist and neoconservative--have erred by exaggerating either the Kremlin's pragmatism or its aggressiveness, argues Vladislav Zubok. Explaining the interests, aspirations, illusions, fears, and misperceptions of the Kremlin leaders and Soviet elites, Zubok offers a Soviet perspective on the greatest standoff of the 20th century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Focus on the Top Leadership
- De Augustus T. White en 08-13-10
De: Vladimir Zubok
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On China
- De: Henry Kissinger
- Narrado por: Nicholas Hormann
- Duración: 20 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,397
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,157
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,150
In this sweeping and insightful history, Henry Kissinger turns for the first time at book length to a country he has known intimately for decades and whose modern relations with the West he helped shape. On China illuminates the inner workings of Chinese diplomacy during such pivotal events as the initial encounters between China and tight line modern European powers, the formation and breakdown of the Sino-Soviet alliance, the Korean War, and Richard Nixon’s historic trip to Beijing.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Another History of China
- De Elton en 09-23-11
De: Henry Kissinger
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Hanoi’s War
- An International History of the War for Peace in Vietnam
- De: Lien-Hang T. Nguyen
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 15 h y 12 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 42
While most historians of the Vietnam War focus on the origins of US involvement and the Americanization of the conflict, Lien-Hang T. Nguyen examines the international context in which North Vietnamese leaders pursued the war and American intervention ended. This riveting narrative takes the listener from the marshy Mekong Delta swamps to the bomb-saturated Red River Delta, from the corridors of power in Hanoi and Saigon to the Nixon White House, and from the peace negotiations in Paris to high-level meetings in Beijing and Moscow.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Understanding politics in SE Asia.
- De Mark U. en 04-26-15
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Putin's World
- Russia Against the West and with the Rest
- De: Angela Stent
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 15 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 162
Putin's World examines the country's turbulent past, how it has influenced Putin, the Russians' understanding of their position on the global stage and their future ambitions—and their conviction that the West has tried to deny them a seat at the table of great powers since the USSR collapsed.
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2 out of 5 stars
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More like The West against the world
- De Felis N en 01-18-20
De: Angela Stent
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The Cold War
- A New History
- De: John Lewis Gaddis
- Narrado por: Jay Gregory, Alan Sklar
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 980
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 707
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 702
Drawing on new and often startling information from newly opened Soviet, Eastern European, and Chinese archives, this thrilling account explores the strategic dynamics that drove the Cold War, provides illuminating portraits of its major personalities, and offers much fresh insight into its most crucial events. Riveting, revelatory, and wise, it tells a story whose lessons it is vitally necessary to understand as America once more faces an implacable ideological enemy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WOW
- De Cordell eddings en 10-13-07
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Ike's Gamble
- America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East
- De: Michael Doran
- Narrado por: Casey Jones
- Duración: 9 h y 1 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 70
In 1956 President Nasser of Egypt moved to take possession of the Suez Canal, thereby bringing the Middle East to the brink of war. The British and the French, who operated the canal, joined with Israel in a plan to retake it by force. Despite the special relationship between England and America, Dwight Eisenhower intervened to stop the invasion.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tightly Argued
- De Jean en 01-10-17
De: Michael Doran
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Not One Inch
- America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate
- De: M.E. Sarotte
- Narrado por: Teri Schnaubelt
- Duración: 15 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 219
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 188
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 188
Based on over a hundred interviews and on secret records of White House-Kremlin contacts, Not One Inch shows how the United States successfully overcame Russian resistance in the 1990s to expand NATO to more than 900 million people. But it also reveals how Washington's hardball tactics transformed the era between the Cold War and the present day, undermining what could have become a lasting partnership.
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5 out of 5 stars
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America's NATO problem
- De Jeffrey D en 03-24-22
De: M.E. Sarotte
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Before the First Shots Are Fired
- How America Can Win or Lose Off the Battlefield
- De: Tony Koltz, Tony Zinni
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
For the better part of the last half century, the United States has been the world's police, claiming to defend ideologies, allies, and our national security through brute force. But is military action always the most appropriate response? Drawing on his vast experience, retired four-star general Tony Zinni argues that we have a lot of work to do to make the process of going to war-or not-more clear-eyed and ultimately successful.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read for leaders
- De Ted en 06-17-22
De: Tony Koltz, y otros
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Washington Rules
- America's Path to Permanent War
- De: Andrew Bacevich
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 8 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 146
For the last half century, as administrations have come and gone, the fundamental assumptions about America's military policy have remained unchanged: American security requires the United States (and us alone) to maintain a permanent armed presence around the globe, to prepare our forces for military operations in far-flung regions, and to be ready to intervene anywhere at any time. In the Obama era, just as in the Bush years, these beliefs remain unquestioned gospel.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Permanent war and insolvency...thanks Washington
- De Jonnie en 10-13-10
De: Andrew Bacevich
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The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution: 1763-1789
- De: Robert Middlekauff
- Narrado por: Robert Fass
- Duración: 26 h y 56 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,310
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,109
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,104
The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically-acclaimed volume - a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize - offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Strong History Rich With Behind The Scenes Details
- De John en 10-06-11
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Kissinger: Volume I
- 1923-1968: The Idealist
- De: Niall Ferguson
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 34 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 260
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 230
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 229
No American statesman has been as revered and as reviled as Henry Kissinger. Once hailed as "Super-K" - the "indispensable man" whose advice has been sought by every president from Kennedy to Obama - he has also been hounded by conspiracy theorists, scouring his every "telcon" for evidence of Machiavellian malfeasance. Yet as Niall Ferguson shows in this magisterial biography, the idea of Kissinger as the ruthless arch-realist is based on a profound misunderstanding.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Riveting
- De Jean en 11-10-15
De: Niall Ferguson
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Dereliction of Duty
- Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam
- De: H. R. McMaster
- Narrado por: H. R. McMaster
- Duración: 15 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 412
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 360
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 360
Dereliction of Duty is a stunning analysis of how and why the United States became involved in an all-out and disastrous war in Southeast Asia. Fully and convincingly researched, based on transcripts and personal accounts of crucial meetings, confrontations, and decisions, it is the only book that fully re-creates what happened and why. McMaster pinpoints the policies and decisions that got the United States into the morass and reveals who made these decisions and the motives behind them, disproving the published theories of other historians and excuses of the participants.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Rough narration
- De AC Griffin en 12-04-19
De: H. R. McMaster
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Camelot's Court
- Inside the Kennedy White House
- De: Robert Dallek
- Narrado por: James Lurie
- Duración: 16 h y 50 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 80
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 69
Fifty years after John F. Kennedy's assassination, presidential historian Robert Dallek, whom The New York Times calls "Kennedy's leading biographer", delivers a riveting new portrait of this president and his inner circle of advisors, their rivalries, personality clashes, and political battles. In Camelot's Court, Dallek analyzes the brain trust whose contributions to the successes and failures of Kennedy's administration - including the Bay of Pigs, civil rights, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Vietnam - were indelible.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Well Researched but Critically Flawed
- De brent lloyd en 02-08-22
De: Robert Dallek
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The Marshall Plan
- Dawn of the Cold War
- De: Benn Steil
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 16 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 386
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 345
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 345
The award-winning author of The Battle of Bretton Woods reveals the gripping history behind the Marshall Plan—told with verve, insight, and resonance for today.
In the wake of World War II, with Britain’s empire collapsing and Stalin's on the rise, US officials under new secretary of state George C. Marshall set out to reconstruct western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritarianism. Their massive, costly, and ambitious undertaking would confront Europeans and Americans alike with a vision at odds with their history and self-conceptions. In the process, they would drive the creation of NATO, the European Union, and a Western identity that continues to shape world events.
Focusing on the critical years 1947 to 1949, Benn Steil’s thrilling account brings to life the seminal episodes marking the collapse of postwar US-Soviet relations—the Prague coup, the Berlin blockade, and the division of Germany. In each case, we see and understand like never before Stalin’s determination to crush the Marshall Plan and undermine American power in Europe.
Given current echoes of the Cold War, as Putin’s Russia rattles the world order, the tenuous balance of power and uncertain order of the late 1940s is as relevant as ever. The Marshall Plan provides critical context into understanding today’s international landscape. Bringing to bear fascinating new material from American, Russian, German, and other European archives, Steil’s account will forever change how we see the Marshall Plan and the birth of the Cold War. A polished and masterly work of historical narrative, this is an instant classic of Cold War literature.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Deeply Researched Narrative
- De Jean en 10-18-18
De: Benn Steil