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. [['eprint_typename_blog_post' not defined]]

Copy

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	['eprint_typename_blog_post' not defined]
Departments	International Relations
Date Deposited	28 Jun 2024 14:51
URI	https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/124004