Rashid Khalidi: "Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East"

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Channel: GBH Forum Network · 2012 · Education

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Rashid Khalidi, Middle East historian, discusses his book, "Sowing Crisis: the Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East," at Cambridge Forum. For over 45 years during the Cold War, the U.S. and Soviet Union engaged in global rivalry; how did Cold War strategies shape the political and ideological landscape in the Middle East? 

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