This is the ‘surgeon generals warning’ of international studies, and I’m astounded I managed to get a degree in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations without this being required reading.
Many of the points ring true, and the book is worth reading eveif you already kwthe general thesis.
Only reason it’s not 5 stars is that it was a tough book to get through. The language was dense and the author assumes a lot of prior knowledge that I often didn’t have.