Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us about the WorldSince March 2015, a Saudi-led international coalition of forces—supported by Britain and the United States—has waged devastating war in Yemen. Largely ignored by the world’s media, the resulting humanitarian disaster and full-scale famine threatens millions. Destroying Yemen offers the first in-depth historical account of the transnational origins of this war, placing it in the illuminating context of Yemen’s relationship with major powers since the Cold War. Bringing new sources and a deep understanding to bear on Yemen’s profound, unwitting implication in international affairs, this explosive book ultimately tells an even larger story of today’s political economy of global capitalism, development, and the war on terror as disparate actors intersect in Arabia. |
Contents
Yemen 19902015 | 7 |
The Quest for Global Hegemony Starts There | 28 |
Evolution of Yemens borders 19181934 | 47 |
The Region That Pumps the Heart of the Cold War 19411960 | 57 |
and the Violence They Spun | 113 |
The Regime and | 142 |
Evolution of Yemens borders 19671990 | 144 |
GCC and Hadiimposed federal regions 2014 198 | 153 |
Plundering Yemen and Its PostSpring Hiatus | 170 |
Protest Tahrir Square Sanaa January 2013 5 | 185 |
Huthis Sanaa January 2013 | 194 |
Notes | 213 |
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| Title | Destroying Yemen: What Chaos in Arabia Tells Us about the World |
| Author | Isa Blumi |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Univ of California Press, 2018 |
| ISBN | 0520296133, 9780520296138 |
| Length | 294 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Middle East / General |
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