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Epic Encounters: Culture, Media, and U.S. Interests in the Middle East since 1945, Updated Edition (American Crossroads) (1st Edition) by Melani Mcalister Paperback, 426 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-520-24499-0 / 0520244990 ISBN-13: 978-0-520-24499-3 / 9780520244993 Epic Encounters examines how popular culture has shaped the ways Americans define their "interests" in the Middle East. In this innovative book--now brought up-to-date to include 9/11 and the Iraq war--Melani McAlister argues that U.S. foreign policy, while grounded in material and military realitie |