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Loading... Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Presentby Michael B. Oren
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. way too much detail. Start repeating himself by the second chapter. Finally gave up and read every ohter chapter. Recommend that method if you're intested in this book. (  )bluesviola | Jun 20, 2009 |   Oren makes History enjoyable. (  )robrod1 | Apr 30, 2009 | Michael B. Oren narrates this winner of the NJ Council of the Humanities 2008 Book Award in an entertaining style--with concern for the details that hold the reader in place until the end. The book is the result of a tremendous amount of research through primary sources and Library of Congress records detailing the history of international relations between the United States and the Middle East, but it reads like fiction and will amaze even those who pride themselves in their knowledge of world history. meppinger | Jan 28, 2009 | Very interesting and timely - especially the older material, pre-20th century. Washington's and Jefferson's writings on the Barbary States prove the old verse "there is nothing new under the sun." (  )chrisqhj | Jul 21, 2008 | I found this book an irritating read. The melodramatic and breathless tone detracted from the range of revealing facts and interpretations about the United States involvement in the Middle East. From Oren's perspective it seems that Americans have always expressed strong views on Islam and Muslims. (  )hollowman | May 12, 2008 | 0.068 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0393058263, Hardcover)The history of America's political, military, and intellectual involvement in the Middle East from George Washington to George W. Bush.From the first cannonballs fired by American warships at North African pirates to the conquest of Falluja by the Marines—from the early American explorers who probed the sources of the Nile to the diplomats who strove for Arab-Israeli peace—the United States has been dramatically involved in the Middle East. For well over two centuries, American statesmen, merchants, and missionaries, both men and women, have had a profound impact on the shaping of this crucial region. Yet their story has never been told until now. Drawing on thousands of government documents and personal letters, featuring original maps and over sixty photographs, this book reconstructs the diverse and remarkable ways in which Americans have interacted with this alluring yet often hostile land stretching from Morocco to Iran, from the Persian Gulf to the Bosporus. Covering over 230 years of history, Power, Faith, and Fantasy is an indispensable work for anyone interested in understanding the roots of America's Middle East involvement today. 68 illustrations; 4 maps. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:24 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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