The Failure of American Foreign Policy

  Ali M. Ansari, Confronting Iran: The Failure of American Foreign Policy and the Next Great Conflict in the Middle East (New York: Basic Books, 2006). Students are expected to write a four pages book review which will address all of the following questions: 1) what is the central thesis of the book? 2) identify useful concepts presented in the work? 3) what are the major strengths and weaknesses of the book? 4) what questions have come to your mind in light of the reading?