Getting Diplomacy Right
Beyond America’s Grasp: A Century of Failed Diplomacy in the Middle East
by Stephen P. Cohen
–Reviewed by Angilee Shah
It is essential, as the saying goes, to “know thine enemy.” Citizen diplomat and social psychologist Stephen P. Cohen has a different message: Know thine history.
From the prologue, Cohen’s book is jam-packed with facts. He covers the 100 years of diplomatic history between the United States and countries of the Middle East, detailing exhaustively the political events that affected American relations with Middle Eastern nations. Beginning with President Woodrow Wilson’s anti-imperialist stance …
