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Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations, Part One: 1783-1953 by Jean-Pierre Filiu
2.0
This was disappointing. I was hoping that it would be a brief but concise history in graphic novel form that would give me an overview of the history of US and Middle East Relations. Well, maybe the holes in my knowledge are too huge, but it seemed like a very patchy collection of sound bytes and name dropping that left me confused and bored. I think the author and illustrator would have been better served to break this up into more books, and add more detail.
At first I was looking all the names up in Wikipedia to get a background on them so that maybe the story would make sense, but then that was taking forever and I thought, "Really, why don't you just get some books that give you more of the picture?" So I found some titles at the library that may or may not be exactly what I want, and stopped looking stuff up in favor of just plowing on through.
The artwork was great, and reminds me of a fabulous local artist here in Oklahoma, Eric Humphries, although to tell you the truth I like Eric Humphries's art better. You can judge for yourself, though. http://www.paintedatrocities.com/index.html He hasn't done any graphic novels or histories that I know of, but I think he should.
Meanwhile, I'm going to be doing a little more research of the US and Middle East relations, because it is still a very foggy subject to me.
At first I was looking all the names up in Wikipedia to get a background on them so that maybe the story would make sense, but then that was taking forever and I thought, "Really, why don't you just get some books that give you more of the picture?" So I found some titles at the library that may or may not be exactly what I want, and stopped looking stuff up in favor of just plowing on through.
The artwork was great, and reminds me of a fabulous local artist here in Oklahoma, Eric Humphries, although to tell you the truth I like Eric Humphries's art better. You can judge for yourself, though. http://www.paintedatrocities.com/index.html He hasn't done any graphic novels or histories that I know of, but I think he should.
Meanwhile, I'm going to be doing a little more research of the US and Middle East relations, because it is still a very foggy subject to me.