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Author:

Zamir, Meir, author.

Title:

The secret Anglo-French war in the Middle East : intelligence and decolonization, 1940-1948 / Meir Zamir.

Publisher:

RoutledgeTaylor & Francis Group,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xvi, 485 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Middle East--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Middle East--Foreign relations--France.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Middle East.
France--Foreign relations--Middle East.
Espionage, British--Middle East--History--20th century.
Espionage, French--Middle East--History--20th century.
Military intelligence--Middle East--History--20th century.
Middle East--Politics and government--20th century.
Decolonization--Middle East--History--20th century.
Decolonization.
Diplomatic relations.
Espionage, British.
Espionage, French.
Military intelligence.
Political science.
France.
Great Britain.
Middle East.
Entkolonialisierung.
Geheimdienst.
Frankreich.
Großbritannien.
Naher Osten.
1900 - 1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-473) and index.

Contents:

Part I -- Great Britain's covert political action in the Middle East during and after World War II -- The Anglo-French clandestine war in Syria and Lebanon, 1940-1942 -- Britain's perfidy, France's revenge, 1943-1948 -- Epilogue: "Those who pulled the strings and those who pulled the trigger" -- Part II -- List of documents -- Documents.

Series:

Routledge studies in Middle Eastern history ; 17

ISBN:

1138787817 (hardback : alkaline paper)
9781138787810 (hardback : alkaline paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)894032786

LCCN:

2014022483

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)