Lords of the desert : the battle between the United States and Great Britain for supremacy in the modern Middle East

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Lords of the desert : the battle between the United States and Great Britain for supremacy in the modern Middle East

Title remainder

the battle between the United States and Great Britain for supremacy in the modern Middle East

Statement of responsibility

James Barr

Title variation

Battle between the United States and Great Britain for supremacy in the modern Middle East

Creator

• trueBarr, James, 1976-

Author

• trueBarr, James, 1976-

Subject

• trueColonialism
• trueGreat Britain -- Foreign relations
• trueGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1945-
• Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
• trueGreat Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States
• trueInternational competition
• trueInternational relations
• International relations -- History
• International relations -- History -- 20th century
• trueMiddle East
• Middle East -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
• Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States
• trueMiddle East -- Politics and government -- 1945-
• trueOil industry and trade
• trueOil industry and trade -- Middle East
• trueOil industry and trade -- Political aspects
• truePolitical intrigue
• trueSouthwest Asia and North Africa (Middle East)
• trueUnited States
• United States -- Foreign relations
• trueUnited States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
• trueUnited States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
• United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
• trueWorld politics
• Middle East -- History -- 20th century
• trueArab countries

Language

eng

Summary

"Using newly declassified records and long-forgotten memoirs, including the diaries of a key British spy, James Barr tears up the conventional interpretation of this era in the Middle East, vividly portraying the tensions between London and Washington, and shedding an uncompromising light on the murkier activities of a generation of American and British diehards in the region, from the battle of El Alamein in 1942 to Britain's abandonment of Aden in 1967. Reminding us that the Middle East has always served as the arena for great power conflict, this is the tale of an internecine struggle in which Britain would discover that her most formidable rival was the ally she had assumed would be her closest friend." -- provided by publisher

Storyline

• trueSweeping

Tone

• trueThought-provoking

Cataloging source

YDX

Dewey number

• 956.04
• 327.4/1056

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

DS63.1

LC item number

.B37 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography