E190 - 20th Century Iraq and the Rise of Ba'athism, Ep. 1 w/ Brandon Wolf-Hunnicutt

American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

History, Politics, News

4.8 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Danny and Derek speak with Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt, associate professor of history at California State University, Stanislaus, for the first episode in our series on his book The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy: Oil and Arab Nationalism in Iraq. In this episode, they lay the groundwork of 20th century Iraq, covering the Hashemite monarchy, sectarianism and the country and the role of Western actors, the Iraqi Petroleum Company, the origins of the communist movement in Iraq, Rashid Ali and anti-British movements, and more until World War II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.9	Hello, Prestige heads, and welcome to American Prestige.
1:09.3	I'm Danny Bessner, here as always with my friend and comrade, Derek Davidson.
1:12.3	And we're extremely excited to welcome to the podcast,
1:18.6	Brandon Wolf Honeycut. Brandon's an associate professor at Cal State Status Loss. And he's also the author of a really, really excellent new book, The Paranoid Style in American Diplomacy, Oil and Arab
1:24.3	nationalism in Iraq. Brandon, thank you so much for joining us.
1:29.3	Well, thank you for having me.
1:30.2	I'm a big fan of the show,
1:31.3	so that's a real pleasure to be on and meeting you.
1:34.0	Always good to hear.
1:35.1	Flattery will get you everywhere.
1:37.7	So why don't we just start with the basic question,
1:40.2	which is, what do you think that people misunderstand
1:43.5	about the United States's relationship with
1:47.0	Iraq that made you want to write this book in the first place?
1:52.4	Yeah, well, I guess what made me want to start to write this book in the first place is that
1:56.2	I think, Danny, I think we're probably about the same age or same generation in the sense
2:00.3	that the Iraq War was a pretty formative experience.
2:03.7	As far as I was, you know, I was moving from community college to UC Santa Cruz in the lead up to the Iraq war.
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