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Steven Simon is a former United States National Security Council senior director for the Middle East and North Africa. He also previously served as the Executive Director IISS-US and Corresponding Director IISS-Middle East and as a Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute based in Washington, D.C. He was Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, at the Council on Foreign Relations. He was a Spring 2008 Berlin Prize Fellow. Steven Simon is now a visiting professor at Colby College in Maine. Education Simon holds a BA in Classics and Near Eastern Languages from Columbia University, an MTS from Harvard Divinity School, and an MPA from Princeton University. Career In 1999 Steven Simon moved to Britain, where he worked as Deputy Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). Before he moved to London, Simon was Director for Global Issues and Senior Director for Transnational Threats at the White House. After Simon left the IISS he specialized in Middle Eastern affairs at the RAND Corporation, before he became a Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR). He was an International Affairs Fellow at Oxford University and a University Fellow at Brown University. Works "The Price of the Surge", Foreign Affairs, May/June 2008 "Can the Right War Be Won?", Foreign Affairs, July/August 2009 "Why We Should Put Jihad on Trial". The New York Times. November 17, 2009. "America's Great Satan", Foreign Affairs, November/December 2019 (with Daniel Benjamin) Books Daniel Benjamin, Steven Simon, The Age of Sacred Terror. Radical Islam's War Against America, Random House, New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-375-50859-2 Daniel Benjamin; Steven Simon (2006). The Next Attack: The Failure of the War on Terror and a Strategy for Getting it Right. Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4668-0325-1. Dana H. Allin; Steven Simon (2011). The sixth crisis: Iran, Israel, America and the rumors of war. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-975449-6. Steven Simon (2023). Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East. Penguin Press. ISBN 978-0-73-522424-7. References External links http://www.foreignaffairs.com/author/steven-simon http://www.npr.org/books/authors/138377308/steven-simon Appearances on C-SPAN . Discover the Steven Simon popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Steven Simon books.

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  • A Self-Made Man synopsis, comments

    A Self-Made Man

    Sidney Blumenthal

    The first in a sweeping, multivolume history of Abraham Lincolnfrom his obscure beginnings to his presidency, death, and the overthrow of his postCivil War plan of reconciliation“e...

  • All the Powers of Earth synopsis, comments

    All the Powers of Earth

    Sidney Blumenthal

    Lincoln’s incredible ascent to power in a world of chaos is newly revealed in this “compelling, original, and elegantly written” (Michael Beschloss, New York Times bestselling auth...

  • The Nothing to See Here Hotel synopsis, comments

    The Nothing to See Here Hotel

    Steven Butler

    'This book is so good you won't blunking believe it!' Tom Fletcher 'Hilariously funny and inventive, and I love the extraordinary creatures and the one thirtysixth troll protagonis...

  • Language Myths synopsis, comments

    Language Myths

    Laurie Bauer & Peter Trudgill

    A unique collection of original essays by 21 of the world's leading linguists. The topics discussed focus on some of the most popular myths about language: The Media Are Ruining En...

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    The Business Survival Kit

    Bianca Miller-Cole & Byron Cole

    SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWith straightforward, heartfelt advice, The Business Survival Kit guides you to a thriving business while nurturing your humanity Marie Forleo, #1 NY Times ...

  • Tenebrae synopsis, comments

    Tenebrae

    Paul Doherty

    Roman soldier Manoletus must face some of the most formidable creatures of the underworld, yet his time is running out... Paul Doherty writes a gripping historical adventure in Ten...

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    How to Go to Work

    Lucy Clayton & Steven Haines

    The definitive careers guide for starting out in today's working worldIt's tougher than ever to get the fundamental skills you need to get started and thrive in your career.Whether...

  • Be As You Are synopsis, comments

    Be As You Are

    Sri Ramana Maharshi

    'Our own Selfrealization is the greatest service we can render the world'The simple but powerful teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, one of India's most revered spiritual masters, co...

  • Farbenblindheit synopsis, comments

    Farbenblindheit

    Mauro Hasler & Steven Hawkes

    Farbenblindheit. Diesem Begriff sind bestimmt die meisten Menschen bereits einmal begegnet ohne sich darunter etwas Konkretes vorstellen zu können. Fragen wie „Gibt es verschieden ...

  • Down These Strange Streets synopsis, comments

    Down These Strange Streets

    George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Diana Gabaldon, Simon R. Green, S.M. Stirling & Carrie Vaughn

    In this collection of urban fantasy stories, editors George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois explore the places where mystery waits at the end of every alley and where the things th...

  • JFK Jr. synopsis, comments

    JFK Jr.

    RoseMarie Terenzio & Liz McNeil

    The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate, comprehensive look at the real man behind the myth. Sharing neverbeforetold stories and insights, hi...

  • A Most Elegant Equation synopsis, comments

    A Most Elegant Equation

    David Stipp

    An awardwinning science writer introduces us to mathematics using the extraordinary equation that unites five of mathematics' most important numbers Bertrand Russell wrote that mat...

  • Ghost on the Wall synopsis, comments

    Ghost on the Wall

    Derek Dohren

    Ghost on the Wall is the official biography of one of Liverpool Football Club's greatest ever servants: Roy Evans. Born in Bootle in 1948, Evans attracted the attention of many Fir...

  • Chronicles of the First Crusade synopsis, comments

    Chronicles of the First Crusade

    Christopher Tyerman

    'O day so ardently desired! O time of times the most memorable! O deed before all other deeds!'The fall of Jerusalem in the summer of 1099 to an exhausted and starving army of West...

  • Weird Math synopsis, comments

    Weird Math

    David Darling & Agnijo Banerjee

    A teenage genius and his teacher take readers on a wild ride to the extremes of mathematics Everyone has stared at the crumpled page of a math assignment and wondered, where on Ear...

  • Fiend of the Seven Sewers synopsis, comments

    Fiend of the Seven Sewers

    Steven Butler & Steven Lenton

    Welcome to The Nothing to See Here Hotel! Book your stay now for this fabulously funny series full of mayhem, monsters and more than a little bit of magic by bestselling ...

  • Strictly English synopsis, comments

    Strictly English

    Simon Heffer

    "Be in no doubt: the beer was drunk but the man drank the beer.""We must avoid vulgarities like 'front up'. If someone is 'fronting up' a television show, then he is presenting it....

  • Once Upon a Time synopsis, comments

    Once Upon a Time

    Elizabeth Beller

    The life and legacy of Carolyn BessetteKennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr., are reexamined in this captivating and effervescent biography that is perfect for fans of My Travels wi...

  • Outside the Box synopsis, comments

    Outside the Box

    Duncan Alexander

    In football, numbers are everywhere. From touches in the opposition box to expected goals, clearcut chances to winloss ratios. In the modern game, these numbers help provide the n...

  • A Cruel Fate synopsis, comments

    A Cruel Fate

    Lindsey Davis

    Martin Watts, a bookseller, is captured by Royalists. Jane Afton's brother Nat is taken too. They suffer inhumane treatment as prisonersofwar. In Oxford Castle jailor William Smit...

  • Wrestling With His Angel synopsis, comments

    Wrestling With His Angel

    Sidney Blumenthal

    The “magisterial” (The New York Times Book Review) second volume of Sidney Blumenthal’s acclaimed, landmark biography, The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln, reveals the future pre...

  • Leeds United - From Darkness into White synopsis, comments

    Leeds United - From Darkness into White

    Phil Hay

    The 200708 season for Leeds United Football Club will have been anything but regular. At the end of the previous season, one of England's most famous football clubs was relegated t...