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SUMMARY:THE END OF AMERICA’S MIDDLE EAST
LOCATION:Busboys and Poets\, 450 K St NW\, Washington\, DC 20001\, USA
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn about a compelling critique of how and why Was
 hington ensnared itself so destructively in the Middle East. After Hamas
 ’ shocking 2023 attack on Israel\, the United States stood firmly behind
  Israel’s near-genocidal war on Gaza\, despite widespread moral outrage 
 and significant damage to Washington’s global agenda. But Gaza is only t
 he latest paradox in thirty-five years of Middle East policy. How did this
  pattern develop\, why can’t policymakers learn from repeated Middle Eas
 tern calamities\, and what does Gaza’s destruction mean for America’s 
 place in the world? Marc Lynch charts the United States’ disastrously fa
 iled approach to the post–Cold War Middle East\, where aspirations for U
 S leadership and a calm region have only produced war\, instability and hu
 manitarian catastrophe. Lynch exposes the failure of each president’s ef
 forts to transform the Middle East in America’s image\, or pivot away fr
 om the region\; Washington’s refusal to take seriously the views of Midd
 le Easterners\; and its fantasy of forging a regional order ‘without’ 
 the Palestinian issue. Moving between American politics and Middle Eastern
  realities\, this incisive account explains why US policy has not changed 
 despite its horrifying human costs\, from Iraq\, Lebanon and Syria to Iran
 \, Yemen and Libya. Marc…
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