This book offers a realist critique of US foreign policy toward the Middle East in the last decade.

Introduction: Foreign Policy Lies and Middle East Security

1. The Nuclear Lie: The US and Israel's nuclear weapons program

2. Liberal Lies: The alliance with Saudi Arabia:

3. A decade of total war: Iraq, Syria and Libya

4. Engagement with Iran: Shedding the 'Iranian Myth'

Conclusion: The Realpolitik of Deceit

Bernd Kaussler is Associate Professor of Political Science at James Madison University, USA, and author of Iran's Nuclear Diplomacy: Power Politics and Conflict Resolution (Routledge, 2013).

Glenn P. Hastedt is Professor and Chair of the Justice Studies Department at James Madison University, USA, and author of American Foreign Policy: Past, Present, Future, 11th edition (2016).