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Author Wilford, Hugh, 1965- author.
Title America's great game : the CIA's secret Arabists and the shaping of the modern Middle East / Hugh Wilford.
Copyright date ©2013.
Publisher New York : Basic Books, 2016.


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Descript xxiv, 342 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
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Note Originally published: 2013.
Contents Part 1: Pre-game, 1916-1947. Learning the game ; Beginning the quest ; OSS/Cairo ; Great Game redux ; Zion ; The guest no one invites again -- Part 2: Warm-up, 1947-1949. Game plan ; The right kind of leader? Syria, 1949 -- Part 3: Winning, 1949-1956. American friends of the Middle East ; In search of a hero: Egypt, 1952 ; Mad men on the Nile ; Authoring a coup: Iran, 1953 ; From ALPHA ... ; Crypto-diplomacy ; Peacemakers -- Part 4: Losing, 1956-1958. ... to OMEGA ; Increasingly a vehicle for your purposes ; Archie's turn: Syria, 1956 ; Game on: Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, 1957 ; Game over.
ISBN 9780465096282
046509628X
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Author Wilford, Hugh, 1965- author.
Subject United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Middle East -- Relations -- United States -- History.
United States -- Relations -- Middle East -- History.
Arab countries -- Relations -- United States -- History.
United States -- Relations -- Arab countries -- History.
Descript xxiv, 342 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Content text txt
Media unmediated n
Carrier volume nc
Note Originally published: 2013.
Contents Part 1: Pre-game, 1916-1947. Learning the game ; Beginning the quest ; OSS/Cairo ; Great Game redux ; Zion ; The guest no one invites again -- Part 2: Warm-up, 1947-1949. Game plan ; The right kind of leader? Syria, 1949 -- Part 3: Winning, 1949-1956. American friends of the Middle East ; In search of a hero: Egypt, 1952 ; Mad men on the Nile ; Authoring a coup: Iran, 1953 ; From ALPHA ... ; Crypto-diplomacy ; Peacemakers -- Part 4: Losing, 1956-1958. ... to OMEGA ; Increasingly a vehicle for your purposes ; Archie's turn: Syria, 1956 ; Game on: Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, 1957 ; Game over.
ISBN 9780465096282
046509628X
Author Wilford, Hugh, 1965- author.
Subject United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Middle East -- Relations -- United States -- History.
United States -- Relations -- Middle East -- History.
Arab countries -- Relations -- United States -- History.
United States -- Relations -- Arab countries -- History.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL 4th Floor  DS 63.2 U5 W6  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE
 BJL 4th Floor  DS 63.2 U5 W6  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Subject United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Middle East -- Relations -- United States -- History.
United States -- Relations -- Middle East -- History.
Arab countries -- Relations -- United States -- History.
United States -- Relations -- Arab countries -- History.
Descript xxiv, 342 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Content text txt
Media unmediated n
Carrier volume nc
Note Originally published: 2013.
Contents Part 1: Pre-game, 1916-1947. Learning the game ; Beginning the quest ; OSS/Cairo ; Great Game redux ; Zion ; The guest no one invites again -- Part 2: Warm-up, 1947-1949. Game plan ; The right kind of leader? Syria, 1949 -- Part 3: Winning, 1949-1956. American friends of the Middle East ; In search of a hero: Egypt, 1952 ; Mad men on the Nile ; Authoring a coup: Iran, 1953 ; From ALPHA ... ; Crypto-diplomacy ; Peacemakers -- Part 4: Losing, 1956-1958. ... to OMEGA ; Increasingly a vehicle for your purposes ; Archie's turn: Syria, 1956 ; Game on: Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, 1957 ; Game over.
ISBN 9780465096282
046509628X
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