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