Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite

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A Good Introduction to the Old Arabists .......2007-01-20

Arabists, at least the "old" generation, tend not to like this book because they feel that it unfairly stigmatizes them as hopelessly affected with clientitis, diplomats who have "gone native," and who are fundamentally biased towards Israel and out of touch with U.S. interests. Yet in highlighting these Arabists Kaplan provides an excellent introduction to the field: the legendary figures of the U.S. Foreign Service in the Arab world, among them diplomats like Bill Eagleton, Richard Parker, and Hume Horan. Also included are some of the "new" Arabists like Alberto Fernandez, who as of this writing heads up the public diplomacy efforts of the Near East Bureau in the State Department. He's one of the few U.S. government officials whose Arabic is good enough to frequently appear on Al-Jazeera talk shows.

dance of diplomacy.......2006-05-27

I really enjoyed this book, and to interject a rather shallow comment, I quite like its cover design!

Though I am not a serious student of foreign policy or foreign service, I do wonder daily about the present conflicts in the Middle East and how (and why) the U.S. will continue to define itself in relationship with all the seething and churning in that part of the world.

What I really enjoyed most about the book was the diplomatic perspective of Middle Eastern history, which, for me, had something akin to the page-turner effect of a thriller, there was so much intrigue suggested.

Ultimately though, at the end of the book, I was left with my own analogy between diplomacy and dance. It seems that the kind of Western (U.S.) diplomacy critically described in this book is much like Western classical dance - choreographed, predigested, and distant - as opposed to Middle Eastern dance, which is grounded, "tribal," improvised, even carnal, but always inspired by reality rather than romanticism.

Perhaps diplomats should be given dance lessons!

Kaplan and his book.......2006-04-19

The first thing that needs to be said about the book is that Mr. Kaplan is a former Israeli soldier (though he doesn't exactly advertise that fact very often). He doesn't exactly come to the subject with a detached political view.

The book is a thinly veiled attack on a generation of State Department officials who actually cared about the countries they served in. Who valued their cultures and tried to understand the countries.

Kaplan is dismissive of such attitudes. In this book he is dismissive of such attitudes because they clashed with his pro-Israeli political views. But the book is interesting in that when seen in the broader context of Kaplan's more recent works. In his most recent book, "imperial grunts", Kaplan views the entire world beyond "the west" as "injun country". An area similar to the old american west in need of civilization by the US army. In "the coming anarchy", he presents large parts of the world as inhabited by uncivilized peoples whose very existance is a threat to what he calls the west. And in "Warrior Politics", he promotes a pseudo-fascist militarism in place of Jewish/Christian traditional ideas of morality.

Seen in the context of those works, Kaplan's problems with the Arabists is not really that they are anti-Israel, its that the arabists treated arab culture and arab peoples with a level of respect. To Kaplan, such peoples be they in the middle east or Africa are savages without a culture and in need of the firm civlizing hand of a western army rather than the understanding of diplomats. The savages in "Injun country" need to be beaten down and taught how to be little Americans rather than having Americans adopt what he sees as the customs of savages.

The Kaplan mentality is illlustrative of how the US blundered into a disaster in Iraq. While Kaplan glories in the "defeat" of the Arabists and their departure from the scene, the US has paid the price in having lost the very experts who might have made a difference in Iraq.

American Diplomats in the Middle East.......2006-03-08

I approached this book with caution. While I admire Kaplan's writing skills, I consider him -- fairly or unfairly -- as a troglodytic neo-con, one of these people who have a lot more faith in the efficacy of U.S. imposed military solutions to international problems than I do.

This book looks at the rise and fall of a group of American diplomats who devoted their careers to the difficult job of learning Arabic and living in Arab countries. They came out of the Protestant missionary tradition of the 19th century and they fell in love with their polite, gracious Arab hosts -- to the detriment of U.S. foreign policy in the region in Kaplan's opinion.

As an excellent writer, Kaplan writes a charming story of the Americans who have lived and worked in the Middle East for the last 200 years, but he gets more pointed and pained as he works his way up to the early 1990s and the beginning of the first Gulf War. The downfall of the Arabists was that despite their expertise they saw the Arab world through rose colored glasses and Israel as an unwelcome intruder. Obviously Kaplan is pro-Israeli -- although he doesn't spare them criticism -- and he is patronizing in his characterization of Arabs. In one place, he comments that the Arabists weren't used to dealing with people as smart as themselves -- i.e. the Israelis.

"Clientitis" is of course a common disease of specialists of all ilks, including Arabists. The book is a little misleading as it didn't explore the clientitis among American Jewish diplomats which is probably just as prevalent as a pro-Arab bias of the Arabists. One major, adverse consequence of the fall of the Arabists was, of course, that we had few Arab experts in 2002-2003 while the U.S. was contemplating an invasion of Iraq. Thus a bunch of ignorant idiots seized control of US policy and started a silly and tragic war. Had the Arabists still been influential we would have been a lot wiser.

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A Surprisingly Good Read.......2005-11-13

This book was incredibly inspirational in addition to being objective and filled with many interesting stories about Americans serving in the "far flung areas" of the Middle East. The book starts with the humble begginings of US-Arab diplomacy through its roots with Protestent missionaries and ends with the failure of American diplomatic efforts in Iraq pre-1991.

I was truly intrigued by the stories Kaplan describes such as the establishment by Protestant missionaries of AUB in Beirut, the succesful evacuation of Americans from the Beirut embassy during the bloody Lebanese Civil War, the rescue of Eithiopian Jews (Falashas) and their deliverance to Israel, etc.

Kaplan has done a marvelous job and if one was to have a book concerning US diplomacy/diplomats in the Middle East this would be a must have.

The Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite

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The Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite
Robert D. Kaplan
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Robert D. Kaplan
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A Moving Story of Survival and Triumph.......2004-01-22

"What could possibly happen?" the nine year-old narrator innocently wonders in the third chapter of this remarkable wartime memoir. Over the next three hundred pages of Only The Birds Are Free: The Story of a War Child in Greece, Anna Christake Cornwell relates, with devastating eloquence, how everything could and did happen to her family in Nazi-occupied Greece.

As the book opens, her father departs for America, promising to send for her, her mother, and brother-and leaving them to fend for themselves. War intervenes and they find themselves stranded, forced to depend on the charity of relatives. They endure bombing raids and every other imaginable terror and hardship as they flee from villages to monasteries, and mountain encampments, seeking safety from the blood baths of the German raids. No sanctuary lasts for long, and their story is one of multiplying disasters.

Cornwell's language is lively and fierce at times as the young voice of Anna(Ionna in the book). The perceptions of this brave and imaginative girl hold the reader's attention so powerfully that we relive her experiences-we too run wildly away from the Stukas airplanes that strafe the fleeing villagers, see the unbearable aftermath of land mines and the slaughters of entire villages, take solace in the stilled beauty of the Zdani Monastery, and know what it is to be devoured by cold, hunger and illness to almost the point of death. We race through a torrent of bullets, share a desperate escape into wintry mountains pursued by murderous Nazis, and scale a narrow moonlit path at the very edge of a crevasse.

But the reader also revels in memories of happier times and fleeting moments of joy. We witness a pre-war religious holiday full of feasting and dancing, see the awakening of early spring at the Zdani Monastery, and share in Anna's spiritual contemplations from an icy, starlit precipice. We marvel at the survival of a geography schoolbook which she had stowed under a rock as she fled yet another temporary home. Ultimately, Only The Birds Are Free is not a bleak book, but one that presents a moving vision of hope against all odds.

Perhaps the most stirring passages concern the young Anna's involvement with the partisan struggle and her determination to play a strong role in the youth liberation movement. Eventually she becomes a member of the youth resistance executive board, and takes on harrowing but inspiring responsibilities. The journey she takes in the course of this story is an inner as well as an outer one, and we watch her evolve from a sensitive, precocious child into a fervent, fourteen year-old revolutionary.

In this memoir we find a bracing reminder of the realities of war, and a clear rendering of its miseries and atrocities. Only The Birds Are Free is an important book for any time, but it takes on a special significance, now, with the military action in Iraq. I am especially thankful to have read it in this most uncertain and anxious of times.

A Unique Story, Well Told -- For Adults and Teenagers.......2003-12-10

The story of the child adrift in World War II is, regrettably, a familiar one. From Anne Frank on, we share stories of hidden children, dying children, children entering adolescence during wartime, and much more. Such stories are always appalling and rarely boring -- and generally focused on northern Europe. A western reader may well not comprehend the horrors that affected people in other parts of the world.

Writing as an adult, Anna Christake Cornwell gives a youngster's-eye-view of World War II in Greece. American-born of Greek parents, she, her little brother, and their mother were visiting relatives in Greece when war broke out.

Americans may believe that Germany, the low countries, France, and perhaps Italy were where the war touched. In fact, as Anna relates, where YOU are is always the center of hostilities.

War in Greece was no sideshow -- not when Greek, German, English, Italian, or American soldiers might appear as friend or foe. Murders and assassinations, imprisonings of loved and respected adults, deportations to concentration camps, the leveling of her secure village -- young Anna witnessed them all.

War is chaos. What do you do when your entire village is destroyed? Anna takes us to the moments when the residents set out, walking, into the mountains, away from hostilities, led by hope, heading toward who knew where. What do you do when you and your family must leave the monastery where you've been sheltering? Anna shares those fears: the dread of the unknown, the terror of the known.

There are moments of lightness: a rediscovered friendship, a budding young love, cherished moments of closeness with the older relatives among whom she found herself. There are moments of contemplation: the thoughts of the young American, tossed into a maelstrom so far from home.

This is no formulaic, written-by-numbers, coming-of-age story. Young adult readers may enjoy the extraordinary experiences of someone their own age. But adults will hear the voice of the mature Anna as well. "Only the Birds are Free" is a unique and inspiring story.

To me, its only drawback is that it ends, leaving us wondering what happened to young Anna when she arrived back in a fear-free United States. How does one go from years without schooling to a Ph.D.? from an ancient monastery with no electricity and not much food to America's postwar opulence and cleanliness? To those of us born in the U.S. after the war, it's astounding to realize how many people around us faced these same issues, and we have not heard their stories -- nor do we even know they have stories.

Growing Up in the Midst of War.......2003-05-06

This is a wholly remarkable book. If the story were fiction, it would make an exciting action-adventure movie set against a backdrop of breathtaking Greek countryside, replete with enriching insights into Greek cultural life. That the story is true, and that the events and people described are very real, makes it all the more gripping. But to know that this is the childhood story of my friend and colleague, Anna Christake Cornwell, takes my breath away.

From the opening page, I was struck by the unusual use of present tense coupled with quoted dialogue. The effect was immediate, drawing me in, and would not relinquish its hold on me throughout the book. I felt as if I were there! As the story unfolded and I became more emotionally involved in the characters and their struggles, the book became so thoroughly engaging it was impossible to put down!

Annaýs coming-of-age during the war against fascism is a fantastic story in its own right. Robbed of a normal childhood by an invading army and forced to live as a refugee, she nonetheless struggled to maintain her youthful sense of joy and wonder. After experiencing the horrifying loss of family members and friends, Anna took up the cause of freedom by joining the Greek Resistance. As a youth leader, she gave of herself to others, serving as an educator and an agent of social change. Her story causes me to ask myself whether I would (or could) have risen to the occasion and acted so positively and unselfishly as she, if I were in her place.

I am stunned by the brutality, suffering and deprivation that Anna, her family, and the Greek people were forced to endure. Her story, which could not be more timely with regard to world affairs, hardens my belief that war, which brings death, destruction, and misery to so many, is simply not acceptable. The bright spots in this otherwise sobering tale are the glimpses we see of the Greek peopleýs joy and celebration of life, and Annaýs personal hopes and dreams for a better future. She stands out as a shining example of a young person who is determined and dedicated to making the world a better place in which to live. I feel fortunate to know Anna, I am honored to be her friend, and I am gratified that she has given us this incredible account of her early years.

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"Here, between the covers of one book, you can find out about the major problems facing the world today, and how to fix them. It all comes sprinkled with the deliciously surprising examples, and wrapped in the alternately gripping and humorous prose, for which Paul and Anne Ehrlich have long been famous. This is a book to savor and from which to learn."-JARED DIAMOND, AUTHOR OF COLLAPSE: HOW SOCIETIES CHOOSE TO FAIL OR SUCCEED AND GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL

"Provocative and eminently readable...this is a direct and levelheaded presentation that should get, and deserves, wide readership."-PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

"The Ehrlichs have often been called the ultimate pessimists, but their book is, frankly, heartening. . . . The book is decidedly new and different."-NORMAN MYERS, NATURE

"If you simply want a great book, written by smart, forthright scientists, read One with Nineveh by Paul and Anne Ehrlich." -BOSTON GLOBE

"An urgent warning full of suggestions as to how things could be made better if individuals and businesses and nations cooperated."-THE WASHINGTON POST

"The Ehrlichs manage to be both meticulous and witty as they suggest reforms and remind us that ours is an astoundingly adaptive species capable of making radical change once we're motivated." -BOOKLIST

Named a Notable Book for 2005 by the American Library Association, One with Nineveh is a fresh synthesis of the major issues of our time, now brought up to date with an afterword for the paperback edition. Through lucid explanations, telling anecdotes, and incisive analysis, the book spotlights the three elephants in our global living room-rising consumption, still-growing world population, and unchecked political and economic inequity-that together are increasingly shaping today's politics and humankind's future. One with Nineveh brilliantly puts today's political and environmental debates in a larger context and offers some bold proposals for improving our future prospect.

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Come Nineveh, Come Tyre; Come "Hell and High Water".......2007-07-25

This is an outstandingly wide-ranging intro to every aspect of the subject. If that's what you seek, this is your book. If you feel fairly well-informed about the bad news, perhaps you want instead Joseph Romm's book, "Hell and High Water" (subtitled "Global Warming -- the solution and the politics -- and what we should do").

A scan of Romm's intro and chapter one will let you know what you're in for. While the Ehrlichs' book ends on a downer and resists hopeful prescriptions -- and I respect such pessimism -- "Hell and High Water" springs from the conviction that now is the time to act and that enough renewed minds can spur action that will make a difference, perhaps even leading to more drastic action that will make more of a difference.

But for a truly amazing reference list and research that won't quit -- including scores of sources that are gold mines in themselves -- Ehrlichs' is a trove of solid data.

We're In Deep Doo Doo.......2006-07-09

Wow. What a ride. This book had me on the edge of my seat. I can see why other reviewers might find fault in this grand overview of ecological,socio-economic and political problems as not offering enough new information or covering too much ground. However, I personaly am thankful for such a comprehesive collection of troubles. "High Noon: Twenty Global Problems and Twenty Years to Solve Them" by J.F. Rischard is another fine book with similar intensity. There seems to be anumber of "oh boy are we in trouble look at what global doom is looming" kinds of books these days. Fact is however, these are scientists and if we can get all excited about new science that can make a quick buck and promises booming new industries, then we ought to also get motivated when scientists tell us we have some problems least we become a society of hypocrits. Many scientists these days are comparing our present era to Europe in the early 1930's, soothing and waiting for a period of consequences. Can humanity be smart and avoid these catastrophies (in this case ecological meltdown as global warming is just one super-disaster in a world of desertification, gross overpopulation, disease, resource wars, militerized gated communities for the wealthy and so on and on) or do we have to learn the hard way and just see who and what other plants and animals are still alive by 2100? Stressful indeed as I haven't even payed $100 yet on my student loan. I try to see books like this as a battle cry. We fought slavery once, we fought fascism once and now we must fight unsustainable, polluting and ..dare I say ignorant social orders. Perhaps that really is the enemy of Nineveh...ignorance, narrow self interests...and....a reluctance to change because of vested interests in the status quo. The unsustainable status quo must go.
Excellent book.

One With Nineveh:More Bad News and Nothing Concrete to do about It.......2006-04-01

One With Nineveh would be a good read for someone who hasn't heard about global warming or other problems encompassing the planet. The first chapter was interesting...the comparison between the lost civilization of Nineveh with today's world, but there was really no new information that hasn't been talked about since the early 1970's.
The biggest disapointment was that there were no clear suggestions for people to do to live a simpler life, cut back on consumption, and in general quit being a pain in the back to the planet earth.
One very good chapter towards the end talked about economics.....why societies do not have to have growing economies (production increasing every year, consumption increasing every year ect.). That chapter needs to be explored in greater detail by the authors as it was the most compelling idea in the book.

An expert summarizes a critical subject in a humane manner.......2005-12-11

Paul Ehrlich has had more than 40 years of experience researching and writing about the environment. This experience is obvious in his latest book, which provides a concise summary of today's state of the environment. I don't understand how it could be labeled "alarmist" since it is backed by the author's experience and substantial academic research. This is a renown Stanford professor, not just a pundit perpetuating his personal views.

It is true that the information presented in the first half of the book may sound repetitive to those well-versed in environmental issues. However, the summary of issues like climate change, carrying capacity, and consumption was well written and flowed smoothly. The most substantial part of this book was Ehrlich's recommendations to help reverse or change trends that negatively affect the environment. These recommendations were realistic - integrating the social and political aspects to the science.

Readable, entertaining, and important is how I would describe this book. It belongs on the the required reading list for anyone who believes the environment is worth preserving.

No new information.......2005-05-30

This book offers nothing to someone remotely familiar with environmental issues. It might be a mediocre read for a beginner, but if you're already familiar with overpopulation, mismanagement of resources, etc, you will get NOTHING out of this book. It is incredibly repetitive and it lacks insight and depth. Don't waste your time.

Book Review: One with Nineveh: Politics, Consumption, and the Human Future [A book review from: Ecological Economics]

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Book Review: One with Nineveh: Politics, Consumption, and the Human Future [A book review from: Ecological Economics]
R.B. Norgaard
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One with nineveh: Politics, consumption and the human future [A book review from: Ecological Economics]
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"A serious, humorous, informative, sad, optimistic, engaging and thought-provoking book."--Right Whale News

"Handsomely illustrated and carefully researched. . . . A story whose corollary may be found in similar clashes across the globe."--Martha's Vineyard Times

"This is not simply a tale of fish killers vs. whale huggers. In wide ranging reporting, Johnson weaves a fascinating story of efforts to protect whales and preserve a fishing culture."--Underwater Naturalist

"Without pointing fingers or laying blame, Tora Johnson explores every angle of the issue in this compelling book."--Wildlife Conservation

"A thought-provoking and ultimately melancholy book."--Northern Sky News

"Explores the issues from all sides."--Wildlife Activist

"Compelling. . . . After reading [Johnson's] work, one cannot help but understand the complexity of the problem."--Flukesprings: Newsletter for the Whale Center of New England

"An alarming glimpse into a future that seems ominous for both the whales and the fishermen."--Bangor News

"A balanced account of this complex and polarizing issue."--Northeastern Naturalist

"Explores the clash of cultures and personalities among fishermen, scientists and whale advocates struggling to save both the endangered North Atlantic right whale and the livelihoods of thousands of Atlantic coastal families."--Sea Technology

"Groundbreaking."--Cape Codder

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Save the Whales!... and fishermen too........2005-12-02

The book Entanglements: The Intertwined Fates of Whales and Fishermen provides a detailed account of one of the most deadly threats to the North Atlantic Right Whale population, along with many other kinds of whales. This book not only informs the reader about the problems the whales face when they become entangled in the fishing gear, but also explains the problems the fisherman has once his net is lost. Tora Johnson allows the reader to become deeply immersed in the book by telling stories of first hand accounts with these amazing creatures. After stating many important facts about the struggling North Atlantic Right Whales, such as the miniscule population between 300 and 400, which once thrived before commercial whaling came about, Johnson gives us in depth stories about whales like Ibis and Churchill. The book soon changes gears, giving information on how fixed fishing gear is the most dangerous to the whales and why. About two thirds of the North Atlantic Right Whale population has been recorded of having scars from encounters with fishing gear. These nets get entangled on the whale's flukes, flippers, dorsal region, and worst of all, in their baleen plates. As shown in the first story Stormy and Ibis, Ibis is not able to feed because of the gear stuck in her baleen plates. The conflict between whether to save these whales, or whether to keep the fishermen in business sparks much controversy. One whale death could end up shutting down an entire fishing industry, putting thousands of fishermen out of work. Working together to save both the whales and fishermen is the most important thing we can do for conservation.
With a good balance of both consequential information and deeply touching first hand accounts of whales in their environment, Johnson is able to keep anyone who reads the book captivated no matter how boring they think whales are. We are able to learn so much when our mind actually thinks we are reading a storybook. This is Tora Johnson's greatest strength in her book. All of the information is overwhelming, but when it is used correctly the reader becomes more informed without even knowing it.
In some parts of the book, the information sometimes does slow the story down a bit. There is not much that can be done about this, but these parts were always the hardest to get through, especially when the information is already known.
I would recommend this book to anyone involved with the ocean in his or her everyday lives, along with people on the eastern coastline of North America. This book would especially be of great importance to fishermen. The book is not only entertaining, but also encourages people to partake in the cooperation between humans and nature.

Fascinating Novel regarding Entanglement Dilemma.......2005-11-30

The North Atlantic Right Whale, an extremely endangered species, continues its way towards extinction due to fishing gear entanglements. Tora Johnson discusses the challenges fisheries, scientists, and whale advocates encounter while attempting to solve this entanglement crisis. With only 300-350 Right Whales remaining, conservation groups are anxiously rushing to formulate disentanglement methods. Not only are collisions with fishing gear drastically decreasing the Right Whale population, but effecting fisheries who lose their expensive nets on a regular basis. Johnson puts emphasis on how important cooperation is between the fishing industry and conservation groups in order to assure a suitable environment for the Right Whale.

Johnson delivers a powerful message; save the whales before it's too late. She takes no side, but rather uses all perspectives in order to captivate the reality of this life-threatening dilemma. Her trips with fishermen, personal observations, and historic references were all used to propel her focal point.

Entanglements provides the reader with relevant sources filled with valuable information, but at the same time, it is rather confusing. Johnson tends to lack organization, jumping from one topic to another. Despite her disorganization, Entanglements exposes the struggles Right Whales face in their environment which are often overlooked. Therefore, I would recommend this book to fishermen and those interested in Right Whales.

Excellent novel for anyone interested in whales.......2005-11-28

Throughout the past few decades, an increasing number of marine mammals, particularly right whales, have met their deaths as a result of lethal entanglements with fishing gear. Tora Johnson's excellent novel offers a fascinating glimpse into the complex legal battle that arises between fishermen, conservationists, and the federal government whenever whale protection is discussed.

Entanglements chronicles Johnson's own experiences freeing whales. Included in her book are discussions with fishermen, descriptions of political meetings, and even excerpts from historical sources such as Moby Dick. However, it is her approach to the issue of entanglements that makes the book what it is. Johnson explores the problem from all sides, neither blaming fishermen nor conservationists. Throughout the book, she makes it clear that this is a race against time; that an agreement much be reached before both whales and fisheries are destroyed forever.

Unfortunately, Johnson's somewhat disorganized writing style makes her novel that much more confusing to read and understand. Although the inclusion of a number of viewpoints makes Entanglements impartial and unbiased, there is little organization to the book itself. However, with a little concentration, it is easy to understand Johnson's point. I highly recommend this book to fishermen or anyone interested in whale conservation in general.

In short, Entanglements is about the interactions of all players in regard to fishing-gear related whale deaths. Indeed, Johnson's point rings true: whales and fishing must co-exist, or they will both cease to exist.

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