“Before terminating at the Berlin Wall, the front in the Cold War ran through the hellish jungles of Vietnam to the oases and deceptively idyllic dunes of the Middle East.” — Michael B. Oren Copy Share Image
“detested the missionaries who made people “permanently miserable by telling them…how blissful a place heaven is, and [how] nearly impossible it is to get… — Michael B. Oren Copy Share Image
“Before terminating at the Berlin Wall, the front in the Cold War ran through the hellish jungles of Vietnam to the oases and deceptively… — Michael B. Oren Copy Share Image
“such banditti who might for half the sum that is paid them be exterminated from the Earth.” — Michael B. Oren Copy Share Image
“unfeeling tyrants” who cared no more for their subjects’ lives “than…so many caterpillars upon an apple tree.” — Michael B. Oren Copy Share Image
“And while generally loyal to the United States, ibn Saud displayed no reservations about negotiating with Britain and France in order to extract higher… — Michael B. Oren Copy Share Image
“Those who tried to escape received the customary punishment, as Nicholson harrowingly described: After they had stripped the sufferer naked, they inserted the iron… — Michael B. Oren Copy Share Image