How the Carter Doctrine changed Middle East history (S1E3.1)

How important was the Shah of Iran to America's Middle East strategy?
Did you know that prior to 1979, no Americans died in military action in 1979?
Why was the U.S. Central Command formed after 1979?
After Truman recognized Israel, did we begin our military support?

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My guest for this episode, which was recorded in early January 2024, is Dr. Andrew Bacevich, co-founder and Chairman of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He is Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at Boston University.

He is a graduate of West Point, a Vietnam War Veteran, and a retired colonel of the US Army.

He is the author, co-author, or editor of more than a dozen books, including the following:

1) The New American Militarism,
2) The Limits of Power,
3) Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out against America’s Forever Wars, and
4) America’s War for the Greater Middle East

To learn more about Dr. Bacevich, you can visit his academic homepage (www.bu.edu/history/profile/andrew-j-bacevich/) and also the website for the Quincy Institute (quincyinst.org/author/andrew-bacevich/).


I hope you enjoy this episode.
Adel Aali
-Host, ⁠⁠Unravelling the Middle East⁠⁠: bit.ly/UME-Spotify
-Host, ⁠⁠History Behind News Podcast : bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Spotify
***Unravelling the Middle East podcast is a production of the History Behind News program: bit.ly/HbN-Home

Music attribution: Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011. Music available on at ⁠freesound.org/people/xserra/s... Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0 DEED) ⁠⁠⁠creativecommons.org/licenses/... ⁠⁠⁠ This music has been cut in shorter pieces and its volume has been adjusted in different portions of our program.

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