Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Note on Dates, Abbreviations, and Transliteration xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. The Quest for Global Hegemony Starts Th ere 28
8. 2. The Region Th at Pumps the Heart of the Cold War, 1941–1960 57
9. 3. Birthing Revolution: A Genealogy of the 1962 Coup 85
10. 4. Wrong from the Start: Modernization and Development and the Violence They Spun 113
11. 5. Making Yemen Dance: Th e Regime and the Politics of Chaos 142
12. 6. Plundering Yemen and Its Post-Spring Hiatus 170
13. Coda: Yemen’s Relevance to the Larger World 201
14. Notes 213
15. Bibliography 265
16. Index 287