About the Author

Dan Senor, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, has been on the front lines of policy, politics, and business in the Middle East. As a senior foreign policy advisor to the U.S. Government , he was one of the longest-serving civilian officials in Iraq. He has also served in Qatar and studied in Israel. Senor's pieces are frequently published by The Wall Street Journal. Saul Singer is the editorial editor of The Jerusalem Post, for which he writes a weekly column, and the author of Confronting Jihad: Israel's Struggle and the World after 9/11. For ten years, he served as a foreign policy advisor on Capitol Hill. http://www.startupnationbook.com/

Reviews

"A rich and insightful read."

--Publishers Weekly
"An edifying, cogent report."

--Kirkus
"In the midst of the chaos of the Middle East, there's a remarkable story of innovation. START-UP NATION is... a timely book and a much-needed celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit."
--Meg Whitman, former CEO of eBay
"No one else, in my judgment, has written regularly about Israel in recent years with more clarity than Singer."--William Kristol, Editor of The Weekly Standard
"Saul Singer's Confronting Jihad should be mandatory reading for anyone, layman or expert, interested in the real Middle East."--Michael Oren, historian and bestselling author of Six Days of War
"Senor and Singer's experience[s]...come to life in their illuminating, timely, and often surprising analysis."

--George Stephanopoulos, anchor of ABC's "This Week"
"There is a great deal for America to learn from the very impressive Israeli entrepreneurial model... START-UP NATION is a playbook for every CEO who wants to develop the next generation of corporate leaders."

--Tom Brokaw, Special correspondent for NBC News, and bestselling author of The Greatest Generation