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Praise for Americas Continuing Misadventures in the Middle East

I prefer a friend who tells me the ugly truth to a friend who tells me beautiful lies. Chas Freeman belongs to the first category. Without sentiments and with a clear analytical mind, he shows us how it happened and why. Perhaps he can help to save us from ourselves.

URI AVNERY

Veteran Israeli peace activist; former member of the Knesset

With unsparing wit and relentlessly clear-eyed analysis, Chas Freeman once more demonstrates why he is Americas best-informed and most incisive critic of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. You could read the editorial pages of the New York Times and Washington Post for ten years, and you wont find the wisdom contained in this very short but exceedingly shrewd book.

ANDREW BACEVICH

Author of Americas War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History

Chas Freemans latest volume offers a characteristically sharp and unapologetic critique of Americas role in the Middle East. For those who care deeply about this increasingly complicated region, whatever their perspectives, these thoughtful essays will challenge, provoke and illuminate.

AMB. WILLIAM J. BURNS

President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; former U.S. deputy secretary of state

With laser-sharp clarity and shrewd analysis, Amb. Chas Freeman offers a frank, no-holds-barred assessment of recent U.S. policy and involvement in the Middle East. Thoughtful and compelling, Freeman dissects virtually every aspect of the complicated American engagement in the region. This seminal work by one of our most insightful diplomats provides a vivid portrayal of events and lucid explanations of cause and effect. A must read for anyone with a desire to understand Middle East policy, this book offers a comprehensive and peerless appreciation of what has transpired and straightforward prescriptions for the way ahead.

WILLIAM FALLON

Admiral, U.S. Navy (Retired); Former commander, U.S. CENTCOM; Senior fellow, Center for Naval Analyses

This is a trenchantly stated, carefullywell-worded series of analyses and assessments, mainly of U.S. policy over the last half decade, presented in a collection of important speeches by one of Americas diplomatic stars, focused on the Middle East, but with important insights into China and its relations to the region. Freeman is tough on all comers in the regionnot just the United States, but also on Israel, Iran, the Gulf states, and others. At rock bottom, this is a key exposition of major errors and foibles of policy and execution along with critical ideas for the major course corrections that should be pursued to get us out of the deep holes Freeman shows clearly we and others have dug for ourselves.

THOMAS R. PICKERING

Former U.S. under secretary of state; former U.S. ambassador to Jordan, Israel, Russia, India and the United Nations

Ambassador Freeman knows first hand what he writes about. This is an important book for us all. Better, he brings to a depth of knowledge that adds up to wisdom.

WILLIAM R. POLK

Former president of the Adlai Stevenson Institute of International Affairs

Chas Freemans new book, Americas Continuing Misadventures in the Middle East, should be required reading for all presidential candidates. A veteran diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia during the 1991 Gulf War, Freemans verdict on U.S. foreign policy is harsh and largely justified. With bipartisan scorn, he faults Bill Clintons dual containment of Iran and Iraq in the 1990s, George Bushs disastrous invasion of Iraq in 2003, and both parties enablement of Israeli settlement expansion and repression of Palestinians. In this compendium of speeches delivered from 201015, Freeman occasionally fails to foresee fast-moving developments, such as Egypts U-turn to authoritarian rule. But his prescription for U.S. policy is on the mark.

BARBARA SLAVIN

Acting director of the Future of Iran Initiative, the Atlantic Council

In Americas Continuing Misadventures in the Middle East, Amb. Chas Freeman brings his unparalleled experience, vast erudition, and enormous intelligence to bear on the sorry tale of U.S. Middle East policy. This clear-eyed collection of essays and speeches explains why the United States has repeatedly failed to achieve its main goals in this vital region, usually at considerable human, economic, and political cost. Readers will enjoy Freemans elegant and often witty prose, but not the parade of illusions and follies that he recounts. If you want to know why the United States has erred in the past and how it might do better in the future, read this book.

STEPHEN WALT

Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University

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