Abstract

The recent coups in Iraq and Syria realize the six-year-old Eisenhower Doctrine's goal of anti-Communist "Arab unity" under United States protection. The coups' authors are the international oil interests, the U.S., and their local placemen—the Baath and Arab Nationalist (Nasserist) parties, assorted militarists and feudals left over from Hashemite rule in Iraq, and in Syria elements from the right-wing Shaab party and the right and pro-American wing of the Moslem Brotherhood.This article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

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