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Author:
Satia, Priya.
Title:
Spies in Arabia : the Great War and the cultural foundations of Britain's covert empire in the Middle East / Priya Satia.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2008
Description:
xiii, 458 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Middle East--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Middle East.
Espionage--Great Britain.
Espionage--Middle East.
World War, 1914-1918--Secret service--Great Britain.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-441) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- War and hope. The foundations of covert empire ; The cultural world of the Edwardian agent ; The failure of empiricism and how the agents addressed it ; Cunning in war ; Imperial expiation -- Peace and terror. Official conspiracy theories and the wagers of genius ; Air control ; Covert empire ; Seeing like a democracy -- Conclusion.
ISBN:
0199734801 (pbk.)
9780199734801 (pbk.)
0195331419 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780195331417 (hbk. : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)154678447
LCCN:
2007028405
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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