There goes the Middle East

I don't know why, but lately I have been thinking about that book by Alfred Lilienthal, There Goes the Middle East, written in 1956, I think.  I am not a fan of Lilienthal: I think that his book the Zionist Connection almost flirts with anti-Semitic conspiracy scenarios and such.  But the theme of the book regarding the impact of US policies are relevant just as I think of James Forestal's warnings to Truman in 1948.