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Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present
Power, Faith, and Fantasytells the remarkable story of America's 230-year relationship with the Middle East. Drawing on a vast range of government documents, personal correspondence, and the memoirs of merchants, missionaries, and travelers, Michael B. Oren narrates the unknown story of how the United States has interacted with this vibrant and turbulent region.
Book Details
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publish Date: Feb 17th, 2008
- Pages: 864
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.10in - 6.10in - 1.50in - 2.45lb
- EAN: 9780393330304
- Categories: • United States - General• Middle East - General• Military - United States
About the Author
Oren, Michael B.: -
Michael B. Oren, Senior Fellow at the Shalem Center, has written numerous works on the Middle East, including the New York Times bestsellers Six Days of War and Power, Faith, and Fantasy. He has taught at Harvard, Yale, and Georgetown universities, and currently serves as Israel's ambassador to the United States.
Praise for this book
Hugely ambitious, drawing on hundreds of original sources to create a finely balanced overview of this enormously complex subject. --Max Rodenbeck"
Elegant and engaging.... Had George W. Bush been abled to read this magnificent book before he launched Operation Iraqi Freedom... he might well have realized just how dangerous it has been to shoot first and ask questions later in the Middle East over the past 200 years. --Douglas Little"
A tour de force, brilliantly researched and written, and extremely interesting as well as informative. --Henry Kissinger"
Michael Oren's deeply researched and brilliantly written history will be a revelation to you. --Niall Ferguson, Harvard University, author of Colossus"
A landmark achievement. --Walter Russell Mead, Council on Foreign Relations"
When a brilliant, lucid historian such as Michael B. Oren . . . brings the past back to life . . . it is a shaft of light in a dark sky. --Robert Kagan"