American democracy promotion in the changing Middle East :  from Bush to Obama / 
edited by Shahram Akbarzadeh ... [et al.]. 
 - xi, 163 pages. 
 - Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ;  27. .
 - Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ;  27. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-154) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Democracy promotion : an unfortunate legacy / Shahram Akbarzadeh and Benjamin MacQueen -- 2.'Democratisation', religious extremism, fragile states, and insurgencies : Bush's legacies to Obama and the challenges ahead / Juan Cole -- 3. The'Americanization' of democratic theory : some lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan / William Maley -- 4. Political reconstruction, democracy and power-sharing in Afghanistan and Iraq / Benjamin MacQueen -- 5. Winning hearts and minds : US promotion of a democratic Islam / James Piscatori -- 6. Energy security and democracy promotion in the Middle East : a Bush-Obama continuum? / Leanne Piggott -- 7. Iraq : elite fragmentation, Islam and democracy / Amin Saikal -- 8. Mugged by reality : democracy promotion and Egyptian political reform during the Bush era, and the options for President Obama / Robert Bowker -- 9. Good governance and air strikes : America's awkward toolkit in Yemen / Sarah Philips. 
<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780203074916 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Democratization--Government policy--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.<br/>Middle east--Foreign relations--United States.