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Spies in Arabia : the Great War and the cultural foundations of Britain's covert empire in the Middle East / Priya Satia.
LIBRA DS63.2.G7 S28 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Satia, Priya.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Espionage.
- Middle East--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Middle East.
- International relations.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--Middle East.
- Espionage--Great Britain.
- Espionage--Middle East.
- World War, 1914-1918--Secret service--Great Britain.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 458 pages : map ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- War and hope. The foundations of covert empire ; The cultural world of the Edwardian agent ; The failure of empiricism and how the agents addressed it ; Cunning in war ; Imperial expiation
- Peace and terror. Official conspiracy theories and the wagers of genius ; Air control ; Covert empire ; Seeing like a democracy
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-441) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195331417
- 0195331419
- OCLC:
- 154678447
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