Posted in Books, Iraq, Military on Aug 24th, 2008 Comments Off on ‘Baghdad at Sunrise’
MESH invites selected authors to offer original first-person statements on their new books—why and how they wrote them, and what impact they hope and expect to achieve. Peter R. Mansoor is the General Raymond Mason Chair of Military History, Ohio State University, and a recently retired U.S. Army colonel. His new book is Baghdad at […]
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Posted in Arab Gulf, Books, Iran, United Kingdom on Aug 19th, 2008 Comments Off on ‘American Ascendance and British Retreat’
MESH invites selected authors to offer original first-person statements on their new books—why and how they wrote them, and what impact they hope and expect to achieve. W. Taylor Fain is an assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. His new book is American Ascendance and British Retreat in the Persian […]
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Posted in Books, Egypt on Aug 13th, 2008 Comments Off on ‘Inside Egypt’
MESH invites selected authors to offer original first-person statements on their new books—why and how they wrote them, and what impact they hope and expect to achieve. John R. Bradley has written for The Economist, The Washington Quarterly, The Financial Times, The New Republic, The Times Literary Supplement, Newsweek, and Salon. His new book is […]
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Posted in Books, Iraq, Military on Jul 29th, 2008 Comments Off on ‘Iraq and the Evolution of American Strategy’
MESH invites selected authors to offer original first-person statements on their new books—why and how they wrote them, and what impact they hope and expect to achieve. Steven Metz is chairman of the Regional Strategy and Planning Department and research professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. His […]
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Posted in Adam Garfinkle, Books, Daniel Byman, J. Scott Carpenter, Josef Joffe, Mark T. Clark, Martin Kramer, Michael Horowitz, Michael Reynolds, Michael Young, Philip Carl Salzman, Robert Satloff, Steven A. Cook, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Walter Laqueur, Walter Reich on Jul 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
With August fast approaching, MESH has asked its members to recommend a book for summer reading. (For more information on a book, or to place an order with Amazon through the MESH bookstore, click on the book title or cover.)
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Posted in Books, Diplomacy, Israel, Jordan, Palestinians on Jun 25th, 2008 Comments Off on ‘The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation’
MESH invites selected authors to offer original first-person statements on their new books—why and how they wrote them, and what impact they hope and expect to achieve. Marwan Muasher has held many high-level positions within the government of Jordan, including deputy prime minister, foreign minister, ambassador to the United States, and first Jordanian ambassador to […]
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Posted in Arab Gulf, Books, Geopolitics, Iran, Iraq on Jun 23rd, 2008 Comments Off on ‘Unexceptional: America’s Empire in the Persian Gulf’
MESH invites selected authors to offer original first-person statements on their new books—why and how they wrote them, and what impact they hope and expect to achieve. Marc J. O’Reilly is assistant professor of political science at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio. His new book is Unexceptional: America’s Empire in the Persian Gulf, 1941-2007.
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