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America’s informal empire - what really went wrong in the Middle East

Gerges, Fawaz A. (2024) America’s informal empire - what really went wrong in the Middle East. LSE Review of Books (02 May 2024). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In this edited excerpt from the introduction to What Really Went Wrong, Fawaz A Gerges argues that US interventionism during the Cold War – especially in Iran and Egypt – steered the Middle East away from democracy towards authoritarianism, shaping the region’s political and economic landscape for decades to come.

Item Type: Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information: © 2024 The Author
Divisions: International Relations
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
J Political Science > JZ International relations
J Political Science > JQ Political institutions Asia, Africa, Australia, Pacific
D History General and Old World > DS Asia
Date Deposited: 28 Jun 2024 14:51
Last Modified: 14 Sep 2024 03:59
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/124004

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