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History Counts
How the West Created the Modern Middle East
Interview
Professor David Fromkin, author of A Peace to End All Peace, The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
 MDR Productions, Inc.  Contact Contributor
June 28, 2008, 10:03 a.m.
The roots of the Iraq war lie in a secret WWI Anglo-French peace treaty carving up the Ottoman Empire. The treaty set the stage for a century of western intervention in the Middle East with the U.S. succeeding to the role of Britain.
Ken MacDermotRoe, Host
Dave Schwartz, Producer
This program is an edition of the monthly series History Counts produced by MDR Productions, Inc. It originates at Pacifica affiliates WPKN 89.5 FM (Bridgeport, CT) and WPKM 88.7 FM (Montauk, NY) whose signals reach most of Connecticut and parts of New York and Rhode Island. For further information, please visit www.historycounts.org.

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