Professor Yaqub of Univ of Chicago(Ph.D. Yale) is an expert in U.S/Middle East relations since 1945. This series of 24 lectures is based on an award-winning dissertation. The lectures included are: A Meeting of Two Worlds; Wilson & the Break Up of the Ottoman Empire; The Interwar Period; U.S. and the Middle East During WW II; Origins of the Cold War in the Middle East; Truman & the Creation of Israel; Eisenhower, the Cold War, & the Middle East; The Suez Crisis & Arab Nationalism; Kennedy-- Engaging Middle Eastern Nationalism; Johnson - Taking Sides; The Six-Day War; The Nixon Doctrine & the Middle East; The Yom Kippur War & Kissinger's Diplomacy; Carter & Camp David; The Iranian Revolution & the Hostage Crisis; Era of Limits--Energy Crises of the 1970s; The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan; Reagan & the Middle East; The First Palestinian Intifada; The Gulf War; The Rise & Fall of the Oslo Peace Process; The United States & the Kurds; The United States & Osama Bin Laden; September 11 & Its Aftermath. This is a 2 part set. Each set contains 12 30-minute lectures on 6 CDs and a booklet outlining the lectures. CD's (12 total) and booklets are contained in book-sized, plastic cases.
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By Terry Smith "http://terrysmith.net -- http:/... (Little Rock, AR USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The United States and the Middle East: 1914 to 9/11 (The Great Courses(SM) by The Teaching Company(R)) (Audio CD)
This is a 12 CD lecture series by Professor Salim Yaqub of the University of Chicago. Professor Yaqub is an expert on Middle East history. The content of this series is quite good, but I found the delivery of the lectures to be lacking. Quite simply, the lectures are not palatable to listen to. Maybe Professor Yaqub is more entertaining with a live audience than in a recording studio. In any case, I found the series to be nothing but a recitation of dates and names and events. The facts are all there, but it is not presented such that you will have a decent chance of remembering them later. It would be much better if a good writer polished the script a bit and if a professional audio book narrator read it.
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Engaging and entertaining,
This review is from: The United States and the Middle East: 1914 to 9/11 (The Great Courses(SM) by The Teaching Company(R)) (Audio CD)
I found this lecture series to be an excellent overview of the historical interactions between the west and the middle east. While it did only provide a cursory disection of certain events, this could only be expected from a lecture series that covers such a long timeline of events. Overall, there is a good deal of knowledge to be gained from this series for anyone who is not very well versed in middle-eastern affairs. The speaker does not take for granted that the listener has any previous knowledge of the events, and therefore provides a good thorough background of the events leading up to every situation in the course of the historicla timeline covered. I highly recommend this series to anyone who is interested in learning more about the history that shapes many of the recent headlines in todays news.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Great and sweeping history,
By Anonymous "Historian and Military Officer" (Destin, FL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The United States and the Middle East: 1914 to 9/11 (The Great Courses(SM) by The Teaching Company(R)) (Audio CD)
This lecture series, as well as most of the work produced by the Teaching Company, is very informative and covers most of the important historical events in the Middle East from the end of WWI through Sept 11, 2001. Prof Yaqub discusses the various presidential doctrines and policy changes the US government adopted as it grew from an emerging to a world power after WWII as it affected the Middle East.
He is a very good lecturer. He stays away from jargon, presents as unbiased a historical overview as he can, while covering the issues in the contexts viewed by the proponents at the time. His voice and manner are very engaging and worth the investment in this series.
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