Before the Age of Prejudice

A Muslim Woman's National Security Work with Three American Presidents - A Memoir
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-981-13-4183-0
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 454 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 605 g

Reveals the inner workings of the US establishment's foreign policy apparatus
Provides the unique perspective of a Muslim woman on US foreign policy
Contextualizes issues of race and gender in the age of Trump

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tahir-Kheli, Shirin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Staatsbürgerkunde, Staatsbürgerschaft, Zivilgesellschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: The Times: Celebrating Hyberabadi Style.- Chapter 2: The Old and the New.- Chapter 3: Education and Romance.- Chapter 4: Return to the United States.- Chapter 5: Back to Pakistan.- Chapter 6: Home is Where You End Up.- Chapter 7: Monitoring Pakistan as a Scholar.- Chapter 8: U.S. Army War College.- Chapter 9: Joining the Secretary of State's Staff.- Chapter 10: The Zia Visit.- Chapter 11: Returning to the Land of My Ancestors.- Chapter 12: The Burden of Being First.- Chapter 13: Diplomacy with India.- Chapter 14: Adding Pakistan to the Equation.- Chapter 15: Failed Statecraft?.- Chapter 16: Ambassador from Where?.- Chapter 17: The First Gulf War.- Chapter 18: The Last Trust Territory: Palau.- Chapter 19: The Muslim Ambassador from the United States.- Chapter 20: "Name and Shame".- Chapter 21: Return to the University.- Chapter 22: The BALUSA Group.- Chapter 23: Family Life.- Chapter 24: Washington Return.- Chapter 25: George W. Bush Years.- Chapter 26: 9/11.- Chapter 27: White House Redux.- Chapter 28: A Changed Model.- Chapter 29: Democracy Promotion.- Chapter 30: Ongoing Diplomacy in South Asia.- Chapter 31: Return to Democracy.- Chapter 32: The Freedom Agenda: What Went Wrong?.- Chapter 33: GTMO.- Chapter 34: Forum for Freedom.- Chapter 35: Vice President Cheney.- Chapter 36: The American Legacy of the Basrah Children's Hospital.- Chapter 37: Trip to Iraq.- Chapter 38: Rallying Support.- Chapter 39: The Big Picture.- Chapter 40: Women's Empowerment.- Chapter 41: Reflections.

Über Autor(innen)

Shirin Tahir-Kheli is Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. As Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State, Tahir-Kheli played a key role in policy formulation toward UN Reform during a critical year for reform efforts and has been central to the effort to support the Empowerment of Women. She served in various senior positions including as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor at the White House National Security Council.