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Author Satia, Priya.

Title Spies in Arabia [electronic resource] : the Great War and the cultural foundations of Britain's covert empire in the Middle East / Priya Satia.

Imprint Oxford [U.K.] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ACLS Humanities E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiii, 458 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Series ACLS Fellows' publications.
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-441) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Fellows' Publications]) ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.
Subject Middle East -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.
Espionage -- Great Britain.
Espionage -- Middle East.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Secret service -- Great Britain.
Added Author American Council of Learned Societies.
In: ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/
Other Form: Original 9780195331417 0195331419 (DLC) 2007028405
Standard No. 2027/heb08808 hdl

 
    
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