While investigators are still uncertain what role radical Islam played in the marathon bombings – one truth remains -- The United States has long had a troubled relationship with the Middle East. Pulitzer prize-winning reporter David Rhodes – himself once kidnapped by the Taliban while reporting for The New York Times – has spent the past several years researching U.S. involvement in the region. What he learned is in his new book “Beyond War: Reimaging American Influence in a New Middle East.”
