The secret war for the Middle East : the influence of Axis and Allied intelligence operations during World War II / Youssef H. Aboul-Enein and Basil H. Aboul-Enein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aboul-Enein, Youssef H.

Contributor:

Aboul-Enein, Basil H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Middle East.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Secret service--Middle East.

Middle East--Politics and government--1914-1945.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"It can be argued that the Middle East during the World War II has been regarded as that conflict's most overlooked theater of operations. Though the threat of direct Axis invasion never materialized beyond the Egyptian Western Desert with Rommel's Afrika Korps, this did not limit the Axis from probing the Middle East and cultivating potential collaborators and sympathizers. These actions left an indelible mark in the socio-political evolution of the modern states of the Middle East. This book explores the infusion of the political language of anti-Semitism, nationalism, fascism, and Marxism that were among the ideological byproducts of Axis and Allied intervention in the Arab world. The status of British-dominated Middle East was tailor-made for exploitation by Axis intelligence and propaganda. German and Italian intelligence efforts fueled anti-British resentments; their influence shaped the course of Arab nationalist sentiments throughout the Middle East. A relevant parallel to the pan-Arab cause was Hitler's attempt to bring ethnic Germans into the fold of a greater German state. In theory, as the Sudeten German stood on par with the Carpathian German, so too, according to doctrinal theory, did the Yemeni stand in union with the Syrian in the imagination of those espousing pan-Arabism. As historic evidence demonstrates, this very commonality proved to be a major factor in the development of relations between Arab and Fascist leaders. The Arab nationalist movement amounted to nothing more than a shapeless, fragmented, counter position to British imperialism, imported to the Arab East via Berlin for Nazi aspirations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Table of Contents; List of Maps ; Foreword ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; List of Abbreviations ; Background ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Palestine Question ; 3. Hashemite Iraq; 4. Vichy French Syria: Operation Exporter; 5. Iran: Operation Countenance; 6. Turkey: Balancing Neutrality ; 7. Axis Efforts in the Arabian Peninsula ; 8. Afghanistan and the Third Reich: Fomenting Rebellions ; 9. Egypt's Internal Struggle: To Declare War or Not? ; 10. Conclusion ; Appendix 1: Excerpts from The Goebbels Diaries, 1942-1943

Appendix 2: Lessons from the 1941 Anglo-Iraqi Revolt: The Writings of the Late Iraqi Army Officer and Military Historian Mahmood Al-Durrah Notes ; Selected Bibliography ; Index ; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 19, 2013).

ISBN:

9781612513362

1612513360

OCLC:

854285820