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Spies in Arabia : the great war and the cultural foundations of Britain's covert empire in the Middle East / Priya Satia.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: xiii, 458 pages : maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0199734801 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780199734801 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 940.486410956 22 SAT
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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.
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Book - Borrowing Book - Borrowing Central Library Second Floor Baccah 940.486410956 SAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 10669 Available 000022681
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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