Kaplan,R. The Arabists. 1993
Kaplan, Robert D. The Arabists: The Romance of an American Elite. New York:
The Free Press, 1993. 333 pages.
This book was made possible by the conservative Bradley Foundation,
whose funds were administered by the Foreign Policy Research Institute at
the University of Pennsylvania. (In 1967 the New York Times reported that
FPRI had received money from the CIA, so Bradley is an improvement.) It's
not surprising then that author Robert D. Kaplan, who is otherwise quite
informative, manages to treat U.S. policy in the Middle East without any
serious discussion of the role of the CIA or Mossad. The one exception is a
chapter on the secret 1984 exodus of Falashas (Ethiopian Jews) from Sudan
to Israel -- a story that's safe now because it ruffles no feathers.
As the title suggests, Kaplan is more interested in personalities than
in secret history. He reports the experiences of first the missionaries and
then the diplomats, from the beginning of the century to the Gulf War, as
they dedicate their lives to understanding Arab culture. The missionaries
were motivated by religion, and the diplomats by a romantic, Ivy-League
appreciation of things foreign that sometimes captivates those with the
resources to be different. It all adds up to "a diverse and colorful cast
of characters." It's more interesting than it sounds, if only because in
America we are overexposed to the saga of small-but-mighty Israel, and find
it refreshing to meet these Arabists as a sort of necessary counterweight.
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