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Power, Faith, and Fantasy
- America in the Middle East, 1776 to the Present
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 27 hrs and 59 mins
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Power, Faith, and Fantasy
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Publisher's Summary
From the first cannonballs fired by American warships at North African pirates to the conquest of Falluja by the Marines, and 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, this audiobook reconstructs the diverse and remarkable ways in which Americans have interacted with this alluring yet often hostile land stretching from Morocco to Iran and 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.
What the critics say
"Engaging....a fluent, comprehensive narrative of two centuries of entanglement." (Publishers Weekly)