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Lords of the Desert: The Battle Between the United States and Great Britain for Supremacy in the Modern Middle East

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Lords of the Desert: The Battle Between the United States and Great Britain for Supremacy in the Modern Middle East - Barr, James, Sir
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"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 ...

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Lords of the Desert: The Battle Between the United States and Great Britain for Supremacy in the Modern Middle East 2018, Basic Books

ISBN-13: 9780465050635

Hardcover