Spies in Arabia
Subtitle: the Great War and the cultural foundations of Britain's covert empire in the Middle East
By: Priya Satia.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9780195331417
Subjects: Espionage -- Great Britain; Espionage -- Middle East; World War, 1914-1918 -- Secret service -- Great Britain; Middle East -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-441) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: 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; title: Peace and terror. Official conspiracy theories and the wagers of genius ; Air control ; Covert empire ; Seeing like a democracy; title: Conclusion.