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Article: Bridging the Divide: US Efforts to Engage the Muslim World
- Article from:
- The Middle East Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright Middle East Institute Summer 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Engaging the Muslim World, by Juan Cole. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. ix + 247 pages. Notes to p. 270. $26.95.
A Necessary Engagement: Reinventing America's Relations with the Muslim World, by Emile Nakhleh. Princeton, NJ and Oxford, UK: Princeton University Press, 2009. xix + 144 pages. Acknowledgements to p. 146. Gloss. to p. 150. Sources to p. 153. Index to p. 162. $26.95.
In the first six months of his presidency, Barack Obama has clearly signaled his administration's desire to turn a new page in America's relations with the Muslim world. The new President has promoted several dramatic measures designed to restore the United States' tarnished image in the Middle East and beyond. ...