Why is the Middle East at war?: US Intervention explained | LSE

The pivotal 1953 coup in Iran, orchestrated by the CIA and MI6, toppled the democratically elected Prime Minister Muhammad Mossadegh. Renowned scholar Fawaz Gerges explains how this event set a precedent for an American foreign policy of intervention in the region, shaping the political landscape of the Middle East.

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This video is based on research from Fawaz Gerges’ new book, What Really Went Wrong?: The West and the Failure of Democracy in the Middle East, available here: https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/97803002...

Fawaz A. Gerges is professor of International Relations at LSE and the author of Making the Arab World and ISIS: A History. He has also been a senior analyst for ABC News.
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00:00 The American Story
00:24 CIA and M16 role in 1953 Iranian Coup
00:49 Cold War Dynamics explained
01:38 Why Mossadegh was an enemy of the United States
02:32 Aftermath of the Coup
02:57 U.S. hegemony and its consequences
04:16 Local agency and self-determination in the Middle East
04:39 Debunking myths about Arab and Muslim culture and U.S. foreign policy

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