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Castles made of sand : a century of Anglo-American espionage and intervention in the Middle East
- Author
- Gerolymatos, André.
- Title
- Castles made of sand : a century of Anglo-American espionage and intervention in the Middle East / Andre Gerolymatos.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Published
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2010.
- Description
- xvi, 347 p. ; 25 cm.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
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- Prologue: Stories from the bazaar
- Assassination
- The Mahdi
- The eclipse of imperial Islam
- Jihad for all occasions
- A new caliph
- Middle East delusions : the Great Arab Revolt
- Spies, adventurers, and religious warriors
- Absolute faith : the Muslim Brotherhood and the politics of intelligence
- The British-Jewish military alliance
- Kill the mufti : politics and blowback
- By blood and fire
- The CIA and Nasser : a Muslim Billy Graham
- The road to perdition : the Gehlen Organization
- A new kind of war : subversive operations and the CIA
- Nasser's Nazis
- A legacy of coups : Anglo-American intervention in Syria
- America's eyes in the Middle East : the CIA and Israeli intelligence
- The Iranian jihad
- Espionage, religion, and war in the Northwest Frontier
- Pakistan's inter-service intelligence and organized terror in South Asia
- Chronology
- Dramatis personae.
- Subject headings
- Espionage, British--Middle East--History--20th century. Espionage, American--Middle East--History--20th century. Intervention (International law)--History--20th century. Intelligence officers--Great Britain--History--20th century. Intelligence officers--United States--History--20th century. Middle East--Foreign relations--Great Britain. Middle East--Foreign relations--United States. Great Britain--Foreign relations--Middle East. United States--Foreign relations--Middle East. Middle East--Politics and government--20th century.
- ISBN
- 9780312355692 (alk. paper) 0312355696 (alk. paper)