A WORLD OF TROUBLE The White House and the Middle East—From the Cold War to the War on Terror

Author Patrick Tyler writes of the political relationship between the U.S. and the Middle East from the 1950s to the present. His understanding of the subject and the personalities, told in eloquent prose, provides all the detail one could ever seek on the subject. Narrator Michael Prichard handles the international vocabulary with aplomb. His ability to turn laborious historical narrative into nuanced, comfortable sentences makes the story easy to follow and remember. His narration complements the information by making it more animated than mere words on a page. Prichard attempts to replicate the voices of Kissinger and Nixon, and his subtle characterizations set them apart. The information comprises an essential piece in the puzzle one must master to understand world history following WWII. J.A.H. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2009]