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Castles made of sand : a century of Anglo-American espionage and intervention in the Middle East / André Gerolymatos.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection DS63.2.G7 G47 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gerolymatos, André.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Espionage, British--Middle East--History--20th century.
- Espionage, British.
- Espionage, American--Middle East--History--20th century.
- Espionage, American.
- Intervention (International law)--History--20th century.
- Intervention (International law).
- Intelligence officers--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Intelligence officers.
- Intelligence officers--UnitedStates--History--20th century.
- Middle East--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Middle East.
- Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--Middle East.
- Great Britain.
- United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.
- United States.
- Middle East--Politics and government--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 347 p. ; 25 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2010.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Stories from the bazaar
- Assassination
- The Mahdi
- The eclipse of imperial Islam
- Jihad for all occasions
- A new caliph
- Middle East delusions : the Great Arab Revolt
- Spies, adventurers, and religious warriors
- Absolute faith : the Muslim Brotherhood and the politics of intelligence
- The British-Jewish military alliance
- Kill the mufti : politics and blowback
- By blood and fire
- The CIA and Nasser : a Muslim Billy Graham
- The road to perdition : the Gehlen Organization
- A new kind of war : subversive operations and the CIA
- Nasser's Nazis
- A legacy of coups : Anglo-American intervention in Syria
- America's eyes in the Middle East : the CIA and Israeli intelligence
- The Iranian jihad
- Espionage, religion, and war in the Northwest Frontier
- Pakistan's inter-services intelligence and organized terror in South Asia
- Chronology
- Dramatis personae.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Miller fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9780312355692 (alk. paper)
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