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Title Dancing with the devil : the perils of engaging rogue regimes / Michael Rubin.
Author Rubin, Michael, 1971- author.
Publication Info. New York : Encounter Books, 2014.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  327.117 RUB    Check Shelves
Description 426 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Pariahs to partners: bringing rogues to the table -- From Machiavelli to Muammar -- Great Satan vs. Mad Mullahs -- Team America and the Hermit Kingdom -- Lying down with Libyans -- Tea with the Taliban -- Double dealing in the land of the pure -- Sitting with Saddam -- Hijackers into peacemakers -- Is it time to talk to terrorists? -- Playing poker with pariahs -- Corrupting intelligence or corrupted intelligence? -- Blessed are the peacemakers? -- Is talking the shortest path to war?
Subject State-sponsored terrorism -- Prevention.
Terrorism -- Prevention -- Political aspects.
Diplomacy.
International relations.
National security -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations.
ISBN 9781594037238 (hardcover : alk. paper) : $27.99
159403723X (hardcover : alk. paper)