Amb. Chas W. Freeman Jr. is one of America"s most seasoned and thoughtful diplomatists. In March 2009, he became briefly famous when pro-Israel activists raised a furor about Pres. Obama"s decision to invite him to head the National Intelligence Council (NIC). Seeking to save Obama from embarrassment, Freeman withdrew his name from consideration. Now, with the publication of this book, Freeman has pulled together most of his previous writings about the part of the world that got him into so much trouble in 2009. (Freeman also has many wise things to say about China. He speaks fluent Mandarin and was Pres. Nixon"s interpreter during Nixon"s breakthrough meeting with Mao Zedong in 1972. In Spring 2012, Just World Books will be publishing a volume of Freeman"s writings on China.) America"s Misadventures in the Middle East leads off with Freeman"s detailed and previously unpublished reflection on Pres. George H. W. Bush"s...