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) |
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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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