Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present a history of American involvement in the Middle East by Michael Oren, was published by W.W. Norton & Co. in 2007 and quickly became a New York Times bestseller.
The Power in the title refers to the United States' military, diplomatic and financial strength to pursue its interests in the Middle East. Faith, in the words of Oren, refers to "impact of religion in the shaping ...
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Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present a history of American involvement in the Middle East by Michael Oren, was published by W.W. Norton & Co. in 2007 and quickly became a New York Times bestseller.
The Power in the title refers to the United States' military, diplomatic and financial strength to pursue its interests in the Middle East. Faith, in the words of Oren, refers to "impact of religion in the shaping of American attitudes and policies toward the Middle East." And fantasy refers to the image Americans themselves shaped of the Middle East.
The audiobook version is performed by Norman Dietz.
In Oren's narrative, the present resembles the past. The new American republic was immediately forced to formulate a Middle East policy, and the issues were not very different from the issues America faces in the Middle East today.
In Oren's own words: "[Contemporary] American policy- makers, it will be shown, wrestled with many of the same challenges in...
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