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David Hale - American Diplomacy Toward Lebanon, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

American Diplomacy Toward Lebanon

Lessons in Foreign Policy and the Middle East

Av David Hale

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Lebanon's significance to the Middle East and the global arena is greater than its small size suggests - bordering Israel and Syria, it holds a geo-strategic role as the playing field for their competition as well as for their allies, America and Iran. This book examines how American diplomacy has responded to the intersection of local, regional, and international factors in Lebanon.David Hale examines several key episodes in US diplomatic history with Lebanon, starting with the country's independence in 1943, up until the present moment. Crucial events such as the Lebanese Civil War, the Cedar Revolution, and more recently the spillover from the Syrian Civil War, are examined within the context of the respective US government administrations of the time and their foreign policy strategies. Hale asks whether policy-makers had realistic and compelling goals, the right strategy, sufficient means, and capable diplomats in its diplomatic approaches towards Lebanon through the years. Crucially, this study focuses on how, during these critical periods, American diplomacy toward Lebanon had consequences beyond the country itself, and on the narrative lines and lessons for the broader conduct of American foreign policy.
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David Hale previously served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (United States Government), with global responsibilities. He was American Ambassador to Pakistan, Lebanon, and Jordan and Special Envoy for Middle East Peace and holds the lifetime rank of Career Ambassador. Now a global fellow at the Wilson Center, he focusses on the Middle East and South Asia.

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There is no dearth of books, policy briefs, and reports about Lebanon and its multiple crises. Yet, none provides anywhere near the scope and depth of analysis about the formulation and implementation of U.S. Lebanon policy as David Hale’s excellent book. Mr. Hale has been involved with U.S. policymaking on Lebanon for many years and provides an insider’s perspective of “America’s oscillations in policies and levels of activity” concerning Lebanon. This is a must-read book for scholars of Lebanon and the Levant, of U.S. policy in the Levant, and for practitioners of crisis management and conflict resolution. Most of all, Lebanese must read this book to understand the evolution of U.S. policy vis-à-vis their country, what the U.S. did or did not do at critical episodes in their country’s political trajectory, and the main drivers of those decisions and actions.

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