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A Choice of Enemies: America Confronts the Middle East

Lawrence Freedman

It is in the Middle East that the US has had to confront its attitudes on the use of force, the role of allies and international law. But how did America become such a power in the affairs of this area?

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Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Lionel Gelber Prize: International AffairsMajor2009WinnerSecondary source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    • Middle East80%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

    This suggestion did not meet the normal display threshold and is more likely to be wrong.

    America’s power in the Middle East developed through how the US confronted its attitudes on the use of force, the role of allies, and international law.

    Model confidence 52%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    33 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 78%.