美国在中东:愚蠢还是容易犯错?

IF 1.5 3区社会学 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Survival Pub Date : 2023-07-04 DOI:10.1080/00396338.2023.2239064

John Jenkins

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史蒂文·西蒙的《大妄想:美国在中东野心的兴衰》讲述了一个关于美国领导人傲慢和无知的大故事。从本质上讲，西蒙是一个现实主义者，他固执己见，态度尖锐，善于判断。对他来说，1979年是美国放弃了之前对直接介入中东冲突的谨慎态度，并开始采取行动的时刻，似乎它相信该地区比实际情况更重要。这是一个严重的指控。西蒙从第一手经验、档案研究和当时的新闻报道中有力地提出了起诉的理由。但能源、极端主义和维护以规则为基础的国际秩序，仍可以解释和证明美国介入的合理性。也许不是美国变笨了，而是世界其他地方变聪明了。

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The US in the Middle East: Stupid or Merely Fallible?

Abstract The broad story that Steven Simon’s Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East tells is one of arrogance and ignorance on the part of American leaders. In essence a realist, Simon is engagingly opinionated, sharp and judgemental. For him, 1979 is the moment the United States abandoned any previous caution about direct involvement in Middle Eastern conflicts and began to act as if it believed the region mattered more than it actually did. This is a serious charge. Simon makes the case for the prosecution robustly and with ample evidence from first-hand experience, archival research and contemporaneous press reporting. But energy, extremism and the preservation of the rules-based international order could still explain and justify US involvement. It may not be that America got stupid, but rather that the rest of the world got smart.

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