Bush and Napoleon Both Believed Their Own Propaganda About a "Greater Middle East"
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Juan Cole teaches Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan. His most recent book, Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007) has just been published. He has appeared widely on television, radio and on op-ed pages as a commentator on Middle East affairs, and has a regular column at Salon.com and blogs at Informed Comment.
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