America in the Middle East, 1776 to Today [video 57min]

Michael Oren examines the United States' involvement in the Middle East over the past 230 years. In Power, Faith, and Fantasy, the author argues that, since the 20th century, the U.S. has replaced Britain as the dominant"imperial" power in the area. Michael Oren is a Senior Fellow at the Shalem Center in Israel and a visiting professor at Harvard and Yale Universities. He is the author of Six Days of War.