Naval career flying aircraft for the u. S. Navy, and about ten years ago made the transition to academia, where the navy provided an outstanding opportunity to go back to graduate school and get a specialty in a geographic part of the world where i specialize in middle eastern history. Host and now an author. The politics and security of the gulf is the numb of your book. Thats kind of a big topic. Guest it is. Its part of the world where the United States has been involved in three hot wars in the past generation, the iraniraq war, Desert Shield, desert storm, and Operation Iraqi freedom. Its a big topic, and it needs to be discussed, and investigated, which is part of the reason why we took on this topic. Host in your book, where do you begin talking about u. S. Involvement in the middle east . Guest well, the u. S. Involvement in the middle east goes much further back. Were specifically looking at the persian gulf, and although u. S. Navy frigates and ships paid some port calls in p
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