“America's decision to plunge into war in Yemen has proven disastrous, but the background of this crisis remains obscure to most outsiders. Destroying Yemen is a meticulous and fascinating account of how Yemen was pushed into crisis—and why the United States intervened on the side of the aggressor.”—Stephen Kinzer, author of The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War

"This is one of the best books I have read in recent years, and for sure the best on the Middle East. Bar none. It is a provocative yet also carefully argued criticism of development, democratization, and nation-building. Sifting through a great deal of materials in an accessible style, Isa Blumi presents a bold revisioning of the past one hundred years in the Persian Gulf. This is the first book on Yemen that people not interested in the Middle East are likely to read. A blockbuster of a book that makes us all think harder."—Robert Vitalis, author of White World Order, Black Power Politics and America's Kingdom