Beinin, Joel.
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Origins of the Gulf War / Joel Beinin ; interviewed by David Barsamian ; produced by Alternative Radio.
Joel Beinin, Professor Middle East history at Stanford University and editor of Middle East Report, discusses the causes of the Gulf War, 1990-1991. He starts by explaining how the Ambassador to Baghdad telling Saddam Hussein that the United States had no position on Arab-Arab border disputes, goes on to trace the United States reaction to…
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History of United States Mideast policy : motives and consequences / Joel Beinin ; produced by David Barsamian.
Talk by Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East history at Stanford University and member of the Jewish Committee on the Middle East. He examines the turbulent and complex relationship between the United States and the Middle East since World War II. He also traces the origins of U.S. involvement, the crucial politics of oil, the…