Radio War Nerd EP 493 — The First Time America Tried "Reshaping The Middle East" 1947-58 (pt. 2: Syria & Lebanon)

Recorded: January 14, 2024 Part 2 of our series on the US Empire's first stab at "reshaping the Middle East", this episode we follow CIA man Wilbur Crane Eveland as he's sent to Lebanon and Syria in the mid-1950s to spread more democracy in the form of coups, election meddling, and ultimately invasion. With the usual results. First - we discuss current events: LA fires & impending Gaza ceasefireAt 28:50 - part 2 of our series on the first time the US empire set the Middle East on fire in the 1950s *Books & articles mentioned:-Ropes of Sand, Wilbur Eveland Crane-The Game of Nations, Miles Copeland Jr-MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Stephen Dorrill-"Cold War and Covert Action: The United States and Syria, 1945-1958", Douglas Little, Middle East Journal, 1990 Total time: 1:38:37 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by Telescope Audio Check out the Radio War Nerd Merch store here! Order your print or ebook of John Dolan's new book Erdogan Pizza: Dispatches from a Violent & Grotesque World