The Struggle for Mastery in the Fertile Crescent (The Great Unraveling: The Remaking of th)

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. 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 Ajami asserts that Iran must ultimately be reckoned to be the strongest. Fertile Crescent, Iran, Iraq, Mediterranean Sea, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, foreign policy, regional politics, sphere of influence, Middle East Fouad Ajami analyses 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 that have stepped into the vacuum left by the West: Iran, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia.