Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Chapter 1: The Times: Celebrating Hyberabadi Style.- Chapter 2: The Old and the New.- Chapter 3: Education and Romance.- Chapter 4: Return to the United States.- Chapter 5: Back to Pakistan.- Chapter 6: Home is Where You End Up.- Chapter 7: Monitoring Pakistan as a Scholar.- Chapter 8: U.S. Army War College.- Chapter 9: Joining the Secretary of State's Staff.- Chapter 10: The Zia Visit.- Chapter 11: Returning to the Land of My Ancestors.- Chapter 12: The Burden of Being First.- Chapter 13: Diplomacy with India.- Chapter 14: Adding Pakistan to the Equation.- Chapter 15: Failed Statecraft?.- Chapter 16: Ambassador from Where?.- Chapter 17: The First Gulf War.- Chapter 18: The Last Trust Territory: Palau.- Chapter 19: The Muslim Ambassador from the United States..- Chapter 20: "Name and Shame".- Chapter 21: Return to the University.- Chapter 22: The BALUSA Group.- Chapter 23: Family Life.- Chapter 24: Washington Return.- Chapter 25: George W. Bush Years.- Chapter 26: 9/11.- Chapter 27: White House Redux.- Chapter 28: A Changed Model.- Chapter 29: Democracy Promotion.- Chapter 30: Ongoing Diplomacy in South Asia.- Chapter 31: Return to Democracy.- Chapter 32: The Freedom Agenda: What Went Wrong?.- Chapter 33: GTMO.- Chapter 34: Forum for Freedom.- Chapter 35: Vice President Cheney.- Chapter 36: The American Legacy of the Basrah Children's Hospital.- Chapter 37: Trip to Iraq.- Chapter 38: Rallying Support.- Chapter 39: The Big Picture.- Chapter 40: Women's Empowerment.- Chapter 41: Reflections.
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Reveals the inner workings of the US establishment's foreign policy apparatus
Provides the unique perspective of a Muslim woman on US foreign policy
Contextualizes issues of race and gender in the age of Trump
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This book offers a fascinating insider's perspective from one who happens to be a Muslim woman on U.S. foreign policy making during three Republican presidential administrations. Shirin Tahir-Kheli's life story is a testament to the promise and delivery of the American dream in another era and is a must read for scholars and policy makers.