World Views: Ussama Makdisi on 'Faith Misplaced' (Apr 04, 2011)
Zach Messitte and Suzette Grillot break down President Obama's Libya speech he delivered one week ago at the National Defense University, and Joshua Landis analyzes developments in his country of expertise - Syria.  And Rice University historian Ussama Makdisi joins the panel for a broader historical context of the tension in the Middle East.  His latest book, Faith Misplaced: The Broken Promise of U.S.-Arab Relations (read an excerpt here) traces that history back to the early 19th-century missionary movements.

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