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Informationen zum Autor Lawrence Freedman has been Professor of War Studies at King's College London since 1982, and Vice-Principal since 2003. Elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1995 and awarded the CBE in 1996, he was appointed Official Historian of the Falklands Campaign in 1997. He was awarded the KCMG in 2003. In June 2009 he was appointed to serve as a member of the official inquiry into Britain and the 2003 Iraq War. Professor Freedman has written extensively on nuclear strategy and the Cold War, as well as commentating regularly on contemporary security issues. His most recent book, A Choice of Enemies: America confronts the Middle East, won the 2009 Lionel Gelber Prize and Duke of Westminster Medal for Military Literature. Klappentext The US is currently locked in 3 battles in the Middle East: Iran is pursuing a nuclear programme! the overthrow of Saddam Hussein has resulted in violence! and the Taliban are back in Afghanistan. Freedman looks back over the last 30 years! to see how these events have influenced each other. Prize-winning historian Lawrence Freedman takes an exceptionally clear-eyed look at America's strategic predicament in the Middle East, over the past 30 years. Zusammenfassung Prize-winning historian Lawrence Freedman takes an exceptionally clear-eyed look at America's strategic predicament in the Middle East, over the past 30 years.
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A richly detailed and calmly argued book about one of the most divisive regions in the world. Worth reading for anyone who wants to unmuddle their attitudes about the Middle East. SUNDAY MERCURY
