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Book Review of `Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East` by Robin Wright

Dreams and Shadows : The Future of the Middle East

The repercussions in the wider Middle East should have spurred more emphasis on the other nations . When the United States decided to invade Iraq in 2003 , the whole of the Middle East underwent numerous changes Some of the more secured regimes were actually discredited with quite important examples of the inability of these countries in their abilities to cope with the crisis . The entire region was thrown into an atmosphere of anti-Americanism . Robin Wright 's Dreams and Shadows captures the future of the

Middle East , veering away from the more controversial war in Iraq and its consequences . It is able to describe the struggles of the people in Iran including other countries such as Morocco . She airs what others are not able to say , giving her an edge as she naturally has an access to the inner chambers of the experiences and journeys , with her journalistic experience to her credit

Vicariously , readers were able to glean her many experiences such as when she was present when the ruins of the United States Embassy in Beirut stood before her , knowing that there were 60 Americans who had been killed then by a suicide bomber . She ponders that at that time , she felt that the Islamic fundamentalists had the upper hand and who dominated the future of the region . Today , she speaks her heart all too willingly as she says that Islamic extremism is no longer the most important , interesting and dominant force...

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