Lords of the desert
Subtitle: the battle between the United States and Great Britain for supremacy in the modern Middle East
By: James Barr
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9780465050635
Subjects: Foreign relations; History
Description: "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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-427) and index.