Hist 104, Lecture 20:
War and Nationalism in the Middle East
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Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasir Arafat, Six Day War (1967), Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Arab-Israeli War (1973), Iranian Revolution (1979), Ayatollah Khomeini, Saddam Hussein

1. Arab-Israeli Conflict and the Politics of Oil

a. The Creation of Israel
b. The PLO and Pan-Arabism
c. Arab-Israeli Wars

2. Revolution and War in Iran and Iraq

a. The Shah, OPEC, and the CIA
b. Islamic Revolution in Iran
c. The Rise and Fall of Saddam Hussein