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Dancing with the devil : the perils of engaging rogue regimes / Michael Rubin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rubin, Michael, 1971- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- State-sponsored terrorism--Prevention.
- State-sponsored terrorism.
- Terrorism--Prevention--Political aspects.
- Terrorism.
- Diplomacy.
- International relations.
- National security--United States.
- National security.
- Terrorism--Prevention.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations.
- Physical Description:
- 426 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Encounter Books, 2014.
- Summary:
- Traces the history of American diplomacy with rogue regimes, including Iran, Iraq, Libya, and Pakistan, to consider why the strategy of dialogue as a first resort has been flawed and whether basic assumptions about them are faulty.
- Contents:
- Pariahs to partners: bringing rogues to the table
- From Machiavelli to Muammar
- Great Satan vs. Mad Mullahs
- Team America and the Hermit Kingdom
- Lying down with Libyans
- Tea with the Taliban
- Double dealing in the land of the pure
- Sitting with Saddam
- Hijackers into peacemakers
- Is it time to talk to terrorists?
- Playing poker with pariahs
- Corrupting intelligence or corrupted intelligence?
- Blessed are the peacemakers?
- Is talking the shortest path to war?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 159403723X
- 9781594037238
- OCLC:
- 855580571
- Publisher Number:
- 99957553075
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