Book review – power, faith and fantasy america in the middle east to

1.Briefly explain the role that faith played in U.S.      foreign policy toward the Middle East prior to the Civil War, including      the religious ideas and movements that informed USFP during this period.      Staying with Oren’s template of power,      faith, and fantasy, can you distinguish which American views expressed      faith, and which fantasy? (1,000 words) 

2. Identify and explain primary U.S. geopolitical interests in the Middle East prior to 1900, even if those interests happened on occasion to overlap with religious motives and interests. Among other counter-intuitive developments, can you identify what Oren considers the positive humanitarian consequences of American failure to successfully evangelize most local Jews, Eastern Christians, and Muslims? (700 words).