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BOOK TV COLLEGE SERIES. THIS INTERVIEW WAS RECORDED AT THE UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY. IT'S ABOUT TEN MINUTES. >> ON YOUR SCREEN NOW,
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Slen, Peter - Host
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT THE U.S. TABLE ACADEMY. AUTHOR OF SEVERAL BOOKS, INCLUDING HIS MOST RECENT, AMERICAN SHEIKHS, TO FAMILIES,J)J)J) FOR GENERATIONS,...
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LATER BECAME THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT. >> ADDED HE GO ABOUT DOING
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Slen, Peter - Host
THAT? >> A LOT OF
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VanDeMark, Brian - Associate Professor
AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR REAL SPIRIT. >> MADE THE FAMILY
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VanDeMark, Brian - Associate Professor
QUITE WEALTHY. >> WHAT WAS HIS GOAL IN
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Slen, Peter - Host
FOUNDING THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY? >>
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HIS INITIAL GOAL DIFFER FROM A BECAME HIS LIFE'S WORK. HE ARRIVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND 1850'S DETERMINED TO CONVERT MUSLIMS TO CHRISTIANITY AND VERY...
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Slen, Peter - Host
OPEN? >> IT IS TIME
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VanDeMark, Brian - Associate Professor
INDEED. WEATHERED MANY TOUGH YEARS. IT REMAINS OPEN AND STAY THAT WAY EVEN THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES OF THE CIVIL
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Slen, Peter - Host
WAR. >> WHO OWNS IT? WHO RUNS IT? >> IT IS STILL RUN BY A
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VanDeMark, Brian - Associate Professor
VERY IMPRESSIVE FACULTY OF PROFESSORS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE BOTH MIDDLE EASTERNERS AND AMERICANS. AN AGE A BIOLOGIST BY TRAINING. AND CHAIRED ONE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
HE IS A DIRECT DESCENDANT? IS THAT ON PURPOSE? >> I THINK IT IS A
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VanDeMark, Brian - Associate Professor
HAPPY COINCIDENCE. HE IS AN EXTREMELY WELL CREDENTIALED AND A CAPABLE ADMINISTRATOR, BUT HE HAD A PERSONAL PASSION FOR THE SCHOOL BECAUSE OF HIS FAMILY...
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Slen, Peter - Host
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY? >>
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VanDeMark, Brian - Associate Professor
TRY FACULTY, MIDDLE EASTERNERS. THE VAST MAJORITY OF STUDENTS. >> ASSOCIATED WITH
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Slen, Peter - Host
RELIGION, OTHER SCHOOLS. >> DELIVERLY SECULAR
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VanDeMark, Brian - Associate Professor
AND NONSECTARIAN. >> WHAT DOES
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VanDeMark, Brian - Associate Professor
IT COST TO GO THERE FOR YOUR. >> I HAVE NO
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VanDeMark, Brian - Associate Professor
IDEA. >>
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Slen, Peter - Host
WHAT DID IT COST BACK IN THE REVERENCE DAYS? >> I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER
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VanDeMark, Brian - Associate Professor
TO THAT QUESTION EITHER, BUT I DO KNOW THAT OVER TIME IT BEGAN TO OPEN DOORS, NOT JUST TO THE OFFSPRING OF THE ELITE ORGAN IS A RELIGION, BUT TO PEOPLE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
THE MIDDLE EAST? HOW IS IT YOU BACK WHEN THE REV. UP IN THE? >> A LOT OF SUSPICION
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VanDeMark, Brian - Associate Professor
ON THE PART OF THE MIDDLE EAST WHEN THE SCHOOL OPENED IN THE 1860'S. RUN BY CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES, AMERICANS, HE DID NOT HAVE VERY DEEP ROOTS IN THE...
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Slen, Peter - Host
WHICH, PROFESSOR, HOW WOULD YOU -- TO USE THE BIS AS BEING A PART OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY TO THE MIDDLE EAST? >> ONLY
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VanDeMark, Brian - Associate Professor
INDIRECTLY. THE LEADERS OF THE SCHOOL HAS TRADITIONALLY ATTEMPTED TO MAINTAIN INDEPENDENCE FROM THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. WHICH I THINK. IT SERVES...
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Slen, Peter - Host
WHAT HAPPENED TO END? >> PROFESSOR
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VanDeMark, Brian - Associate Professor
OF POLITICAL SCIENCE WHO HAPPENED TO LEAD UCLA THE YEAR BEFORE I ARRIVED TO WORK, PH.D. HE AND GROW UP IN THEIR RICK. HIS PARENTS HAD BEEN ON THE FACULTY....
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Slen, Peter - Host
HOW? >> MOST LIKELY BY THE
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VanDeMark, Brian - Associate Professor
FANATICAL WING OF HEZBOLLAH, A GROUP KNOWN AS ISLAMIC JIHAD THAT COMPRISED LEBANESE SHIA WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDERPRIVILEGED, EXCLUDED FROM...
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VanDeMark, Brian - Associate Professor
AMERICAN. NOT ONLY AMERICAN, BUT VERY VISIBLE PRESIDENT OF THE GREAT UNIVERSITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THERE WAS NO MORE HIGHER PROFILE EXAMPLE OF AN AMERICAN...
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Slen, Peter - Host
UNIVERSITY, BEIRUT, BACK IN THE 1850'S, WHAT WAS A PAPER LIKE? >> WAS AND STILL IS A
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VanDeMark, Brian - Associate Professor
MULTI CULTURAL COSMOPOLITAN CITY. THEN AND NOW MUSLIMS, JEWS, AND CHRISTIANS ALL NEXT AND CO EXISTED TO A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE. IN THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY...
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Slen, Peter - Host
BEEN PUT IN AND OTHER MIDDLE EAST AND CITIES? >>
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VanDeMark, Brian - Associate Professor
PERHAPS. BUT THE AMERICAN PRESENCE WAS NEVER ANYWHERE ELSE. THE IN VISIONARY AND PRACTICAL OF COMPASSION. VERY PATRIOTIC THE AMERICAN. OTHER NATIONALITIES...
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TELL THE STORY NEAR YOU? >> AWARE OF THIS LONGER,
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VanDeMark, Brian - Associate Professor
DEEPER, HUMANITARIAN. A USUALLY CENTERS ON SECURITY. MANY EASTERNERS FEEL LIKEWISE. THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT WHETHER THE LONGER ROOTS OF AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT...
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Slen, Peter - Host
BOOK, AMERICAN AND SHEIKHS, TO FAMILIES, FOR GENERATIONS, ANDiZTZ THE STORY OF AMERICAN INFLUENCE IN THE LEAST. THIS IS BOOK TV AND C-SPAN2. >> WE...
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