Coups, Oil, the CIA, and Arab Nationalism in Iraq w/ Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt

<p>In this fascinating episode, we talk with Professor Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt about the numerous coups of Iraq from 1953-1968 (and the CIA/State Department role in these) amidst the background of rising Arab nationalist politics and pushes by several groups for nationalization of Iraqi oil.  A fantastic discussion based off of Brandon's equally fabulous book <em>The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in Iraq</em>!</p> <p>Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt is a historian at California State University, Stanislas.  You can (and should!) get <em>The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in Iraq</em> from Stanford University Press <a href= "https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=26330">https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=26330</a> </p> <p>Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory">https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory</a> </p>