The Dig: Thawra Ep. 7 - United Arab Republic Against Eisenhower
How the Eisenhower Doctrine inaugurated a new era of imperialism.
April 10, 2024
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Episode 7 · April 10, 2024
The Dig: Thawra Ep. 7 - United Arab Republic Against Eisenhower
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<p>Featuring Abdel Razzaq Takriti, this is the SEVENTH episode of <em>Thawra</em> (Revolution), our rolling mini-series on Arab radicalism in the 20th century. Today’s installment lays out the the US’s Eisenhower Doctrine, which in 1957 inaugurated a new era of imperialism in the Middle East; the Ba’ath Party driving Syria and Egypt into the United Arab Republic, a superstate under Nasser’s rule, in 1958; and, later that year, Eisenhower landing US Marines in Lebanon, the first American combat operation in the region.</p>
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