BOOKS A Choice of Enemies
By Lawrence Freedman
Public Affairs £20, 640 pages
FT bookshop price: £16
In A Choice of Enemies, Lawrence Freedman has taken one of the most analysed and controversial subjects in modern politics – US policy towards the Middle East – and set himself two near-impossible tasks. The first is to write a book that will be perceived as scholarly and impartial. The second is to say something new about the subject.
