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Castles made of sand : a century of Anglo-American espionage and intervention in the Middle East
- Title
- Castles made of sand : a century of Anglo-American espionage and intervention in the Middle East / Andre Gerolymatos.
- Author
- Gerolymatos, André.
- Publication
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 347 p.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Espionage, British > Middle East > History > 20th century
- Great Britain > Foreign relations > Middle East
- Middle East > Politics and government > 20th century
- United States > Foreign relations > Middle East
- Middle East > Foreign relations > Great Britain
- Intelligence officers > United States > History > 20th century
- Intelligence officers > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Middle East > Foreign relations > United States
- Intervention (International law) > History > 20th century
- Espionage, American > Middle East > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-278) and index (p. [333]-347).
- 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-service intelligence and organized terror in South Asia -- Chronology -- Dramatis personae.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-327
- ISBN
- 9780312355692
- 0312355696
- LCCN
- 2010035894
- OCLC
- 2010035894
- Author
- Gerolymatos, André.
- Title
- Castles made of sand : a century of Anglo-American espionage and intervention in the Middle East / Andre Gerolymatos.
- Imprint
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2010.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-278) and index (p. [333]-347).
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-327