Michael B. Oren - Power, Faith, and Fantasy
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Call of the Middle East
By David A. Smith
The Washington Times, February 25, 2007

United States' troubles in the Mideast are nothing new
By Zachary Reid
Richmond Times-Dispatch, February 25, 2007

U.S. history shows there's no substitute for victory
By Frank Beckmann
The Detroit News, February 23, 2007

To the Shores of Tripoli
By Judith Miller
The New York Sun, February 14, 2007

In the Beginning, There Were U.S.-Mideast Tensions
By Mike Francis
The Oregonian, February 11, 2007

Back to Barbary pirates, missionaries.
By Jack Fischel
The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 6, 2007

A Historian-Soldier Bridges His Identities
By Gal Beckerman
The Forward, February 2, 2007

East is East
By Christopher Hitchens
The Atlantic online, February, 2007

Barbary Pirates, Missionaries: How U.S. Stumbled in the Mideast
By George Walden
Bloomberg.com, January 30, 2007

America and the Mideast, long before the Bushes
By Jason Warshof
San Francisco Chronicle, January 28, 2007

Midnight at the Oasis
By Max Rodenbeck
The New York Times
January 28, 2007

Relationship problems
Michael Oren traces America's interest in the Middle East.

By Steve Weinberg
Houston Chronicle, January 26, 2007

The ties that bind U.S.-Middle East relations go way back on numerous issues
By Steve Weinberg
STLtoday.com, January 21, 2007

An Optimistic Assessment
by Lawrence Grossman
The New Leader, January, 2007

Close Encounters
American foreign policy at home in the Middle East.

By Ronald Radosh
Published in Weekly Standard
January, 2007

This is where the world ends
By Michael Bell
Globe and Mail, January, 2007

Book Traces America's Deep Roots in Middle East
By Julie Stahl
Crosswalk.com, January, 2007


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Michael Oren in the Media

Prelude to the Six Days
By Charles Krauthammer
Washington Post, May 18, 2007

Author and Middle East historian Michael B. Oren to
By Lyn Payne
Florida Jewish News, March 2, 2007

An Interview with Historian Michael Oren on the Tangled Web of US Involvement from the age of Jefferson to Today
By Michael J. Totten
Pajamas Media, February 20, 2007

INTERVIEW-U.S. Should See Middle East for Itself – Historian
By Michelle Nichols
Reuters Foundation, January 18, 2007

An interview with Michael Oren
By Sam Ser
The Jerusalem Post, January 18, 2007

The Disputed Urge to Surge
By Suzanne Fields
Townhall.com, January 15, 2007

Israel Encounters an Unexpectedly Different War
The military is not only battling a well-armed foe but also grappling with its own shortfalls.

By Tracy Wilkinson and Henry Chu
Los Angeles Times, August 13, 2006


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