Destroying Yemen

Synopsis

Since 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 Imbrication In International Affairs, This Explosive Book Ultimately Tells An Even Larger Shock-doctrine Story Of Today's Political Economy Of Global Capitalism, Development, And The War On Terror As Disparate Actors Intersect In Arabia.--provided By Publisher. The Quest For Global Hegemony Starts There -- The Region That Pumps The Heart Of The Cold War, 1941-1960 -- Birthing Revolution: A Genealogy Of The 1962 Coup -- Wrong From The Start: Modernization And Development And The Violence They Spun -- Making Yemen Dance: The Regime And The Politics Of Chaos -- Plundering Yemen And Its Post-spring Hiatus -- Coda: Yemen's Relevance To The Larger World. Isa Blumi. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.