"Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East" (video)

An episode of the CHIASMOS: The University of Chicago International and Area Studies Multimedia Outreach Source [video] podcast, hosted by The Center for International Studies at the University of Chicago, titled ""Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East" (video)" was published on March 10, 2009 and runs 89 minutes.

March 10, 2009 ·89m · CHIASMOS: The University of Chicago International and Area Studies Multimedia Outreach Source [video]

Summary

A talk by Rashid Khalidi. Rashid Khalidi is Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies and Director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University, and is among the foremost U.S. historians of the modern Middle East. He is the author of numerous books on the region--several written during his many years on the faculty at the University of Chicago--including Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness; Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East; and The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.

Episode Description

A talk by Rashid Khalidi. Rashid Khalidi is Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies and Director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University, and is among the foremost U.S. historians of the modern Middle East. He is the author of numerous books on the region--several written during his many years on the faculty at the University of Chicago--including Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness; Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East; and The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood. From the World Beyond the Headlines Series.