In The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East, STEVEN A. COOK covers the relationship between the U.S. and the Middle East since the end of World War II. He argues that despite setbacks and moral costs, the U.S. has successfully protected its core national interests, while overly ambitious policies to leverage domestic power have rendered the Middle East unstable.

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