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October 1, 2015

No, Western Colonialism Didn’t Cause the Mess in the Middle East

A new book upends conventional wisdom.

So argues Efraim Karsh in his recent book, The Tail Wags the Dog. Against the view of most professional Middle East experts, the current American president, and many others, Karsh contends that forces and rulers indigenous to the region did far more than Western powers to shape its fate. Joshua Muravchik writes in his review:

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