America's Great Game: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East

America's Great Game: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East

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"An absorbing account of romantics enchanted by Kiplingesque myths and the Lawrence of Arabia legend, who cynically harboured the self-contradictory ambition of democratizing the Arab world and Iran while arrogating all decisions to themselves." " Times Literary Supplement

Author: Hugh Wilford
Format: Paperback, 400 pages, 154mm x 229mm, 480 g
Published: 2017, Basic Books, United States
Genre: Regional History

Vendor: Book Grocer
SKU: 9780465096282
Categories: 20th Century History All Best Sellers - Individual titles Middle Eastern History More than 10 Copies More than 50 copies New Arrivals - Range Non-Secondhand Books Politics & Law World War 2
Tags: 20th Century April-2025 International relations Middle East Middle Eastern History New Arrivals NewSystem Paperback United States of America - USA World War Two
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"An absorbing account of romantics enchanted by Kiplingesque myths and the Lawrence of Arabia legend, who cynically harboured the self-contradictory ambition of democratizing the Arab world and Iran while arrogating all decisions to themselves." " Times Literary Supplement