John Waterbury
The article reviews several books including "Unthinkable: Iran, the Bomb, and American Strategy," by Kenneth M. Pollack, "Roots of the Arab Spring: Contested Authority and Political Change in the Middle East," by Dafna Hochman Rand, and "Fountainhead of Jihad: The Haqqani Nexus, 1973-2012," by Vahid Brown and Don Rassler.