Audio CD Review: The United States and the Middle East: 1914 to 9/11 by Salim Yaqub

Average

This is a 12 CD lecture series by Professor Salim Yaqub of the University of Chicago. Professor Yaqub is an expert on Middle East history. The content of this series is quite good, but I found the delivery of the lectures to be lacking. Quite simply, the lectures are not palatable to listen to. Maybe Professor Yaqub is more entertaining with a live audience than in a recording studio. In any case, I found the series to be nothing but a recitation of dates and names and events. The facts are all there, but it is not presented such that you will have a decent chance of remembering them later. It would be much better if a good writer polished the script a bit and if a professional audio book narrator read it.

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