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100	1		_aLENNON Alexander T J
245			_aThe epicenter of crisis : _bthe new middle east/ _cedited by Alexander T J Lennon
260			_aCambridge, MA : _bMIT Press, _c2007
300			_axi, 363 p.
520			_aCollection of papers originally published in The Washington Quarterly. The papers address the countries that are said to constitute the central zone or epicenter of the "arc-of-crisis" that stretches from the Balkans to Southeast Asia. Each section deals with one of the countries in an effort to identify what is happening there, the effect of US foreign policies, and whether those policies should be altered. Covers Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan.
650			_aMIDDLE EAST _xPOLITICS AND GOVERNMENT
650			_aUNITED STATES _xFOREIGN POLICY _xMIDDLE EAST
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