The Middle East and the West

NPR's All Things Considered recently completed a six-part series on the relationship between the West and Middle East. On top of being a good historical overview, the series essentially demonstrates the ill-effects of "blowback." The last part of the series concludes that American intervention is to blame for Islamic terrorism targeting the US. Below are links to each part of the series where the audio links are found: The Crusades: Two Centuries of Holy War The Rise of the Ottoman Empire Europe Carves Up the Middle East World War I and its Aftermath The Rise of the U.S. in the Middle East The Clash with Islam