Spies in Arabia : the Great War and the cultural foundations of Britain's covert empire in the Middle East / Priya Satia.
- Satia, Priya
- Date:
- 2008
- Books
- Online
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About this work
Publication/Creation
Oxford [U.K.] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Physical description
xiii, 458 pages : map ; 25 cm
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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-441) and index.
Reproduction note
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