Synopses & Reviews
This best-selling history is the first fully comprehensive history of America's involvement in the Middle East from George Washington to George W. Bush. As Niall Ferguson writes, "If you think America's entanglement in the Middle East began with Roosevelt and Truman, Michael Oren's deeply researched and brilliantly written history will be a revelation to you, as it was to me. With its cast of fascinating characters--earnest missionaries, maverick converts, wide-eyed tourists, and even a nineteenth-century George Bush-- is not only a terrific read, it is also proof that you don't really understand an issue until you know its history."
Review
"Oren knows how to tell a story, turn a phrase and tweak a delightful detail....Perhaps inevitably, the most memorable moments in Power, Faith and Fantasy catch Americans behaving badly." Balitomore Sun
Synopsis
Covering more than two hundred years of history, a study of American involvement in the Middle East ranges from the battle against the Barbary pirates and early explorers in the region to the conquest of Fallujah, examining the diverse roles of American statesmen, merchants, soldiers, missionaries, explorers, and others in shaping this troubled region.
Synopsis
"Will shape our thinking about America and the Middle East for years."--Christopher Dickey,
About the Author
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.