02698cam a2200505 i 4500 23525870 BJBSDDR 20250724162043.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 240120s2024 nyu rb 001 0 eng 2023046750 9780197578575 (hardback) 0197578578 (hardback) 9780197578599 (epub) 9780197578605 (ebook) 23525870 LBSOR eng rda LBSOR DLC eng pcc n-us--- aw----- 439 D S63.2 C771e 2024 327.73056 Cook, Steven A. 42988 The end of ambition : America's past, present, and future in the Middle East / Steven A. Cook. America's past, present, and future in the Middle East New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024. xii, 193 pages ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Council on Foreign Relations books Includes bibliographical references and index. Original sins -- Prime directive -- Unbreakable bonds -- The great transformation -- The aborted revolution -- Retrenching & hedging -- Back to the future. "In The End of Ambition, Steven A. Cook argues that while these analysts are rightly concerned that engagement drains US resources and distorts its domestic politics, the broader impulse to disengage tends to neglect important lessons from the past. Moreover, advocates of pulling back overlook the potential risks of withdrawal. Covering the relationship between the US and the Middle East since the end of WWII, Cook makes the bold claim that despite setbacks and moral costs, the United States has been overwhelmingly successful in protecting its core national interests in the Middle East. Conversely, overly ambitious policies to remake the region and leverage US power not only ended in failure, but rendered the region unstable in new and largely misunderstood ways." -- Publisher's description United States Foreign relations Middle East. Middle East Foreign relations United States. Medio Oriente Relaciones exteriores Estados Unidos 6995 Estados Unidos Relaciones exteriores Medio Oriente 6996 Council on Foreign Relations books 43640 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK LLH 124032 124032 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2025-06-30 0 439 D S63.2 C771e 2024 00000191298 2025-06-30 00:00:00 1 2025-06-30 BK