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Beyond America's Grasp: A Century of Failed Diplomacy in the Middle East
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LP (lp27) | 827 comments I don't know what this author's middle initial stands for but he is not the South Asia scholar "Stephen P.(Philip) Cohen". "Beyond America's Grasp" is his only book.

http://www.mepd.org/publications/step...

Note also that Stephen Philip Cohen, the India scholar, is also listed as

Stephen P. Cohen

Stephen P Cohen

Please merge.


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Abcdarian | 26579 comments I have merged all the India historian profiles into one: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
According to WorldCat, he is also the author of Beyond America's Grasp.


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LP (lp27) | 827 comments Abcdarian wrote: "I have merged all the India historian profiles into one: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
According to WorldCat, he is also the author of Beyond America's Grasp."


There must be some mistake.

The Middle East scholar Stephen P. Cohen looks like this:
http://www.mepd.org/about_us/our_team...

The South Asia scholar Stephen P. Cohen looks like this:
http://www.brookings.edu/experts/cohens


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Abcdarian | 26579 comments Interesting. I've separated him out. The Library of Congress site has been down all day or I would have checked there.


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Jessica | 49 comments I checked the Library of Congress site. The authorities page clearly differentiates between the two authors (one born in 1936 and one in 1945) with a warning about the subject matter of each, but their own cataloging team appears to have erroneously credited this title to the wrong Stephen Cohen. I added dates of birth to both authors to try and clear up any future confusion.

Abcdarian wrote: "Interesting. I've separated him out. The Library of Congress site has been down all day or I would have checked there."


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LP (lp27) | 827 comments Thanks to you both for your help.


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