Ike’s Gamble: America’s Rise to Dominance in the Middle East

On the 60th anniversary of the Suez Crisis of 1956, Ike’s Gamble: America’s Rise to Dominance in the Middle East (Simon & Schuster) is a major retelling that shows how President Eisenhower realized that Israel, not Egypt, was America’s greatest regional ally. Michael Doran *90 *97 has served as a Middle East adviser in the White House and as a deputy assistant secretary of defense.