دانلود کتاب The Struggle for Mastery in the Fertile Crescent

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Foreword: The Great Unraveling: The Remaking of the Middle East; The Struggle for Mastery in the Fertile Crescent; I. The Patrons; II. In the Name of the Saints; III. Blowback; IV. A War with No Secrets; V.A War with No Victors; VI. A Foreigner's Gift : Liberation in Iraq; VII. The Matter of State Power; VIII. The Last Refuge?; Source Notes; About the Author; About the Hoover Institution's Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order; Index.;In this book, Fouad Ajami analyzes the struggle for influence along the Fertile Crescent-the stretch of land that runs from Iran's border with Iraq to the Mediterranean-among three of the regional powers who have stepped into the vacuum left by the West: Iran, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. He explains that, of the three powers competing for influence, Saudi Arabia and Iran are in it for the long haul. Each of those powers has a sense of mission and constituencies that enable them to stick it out and pay the price for a sphere of influence. Each country's prospects for supremacy is detailed and Aja.