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Article: A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East.(Book review)
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- Middle East Policy
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- December 22, 2008
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A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East, by Kenneth M. Pollack. Random House, 2008. 539 pages. $30.00, hardcover.
In A Path Out of the Desert, Kenneth Pollack posits as his central thesis that the Muslim Middle East is in a "pre-revolutionary" state, on the verge of civil strife unless the United States begins serious long-term efforts to instigate reform. Pollack served on the National Security Council in the Clinton administration and is now the director of research at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of many articles and books on the Middle East, but whether this record ...