Spies in Arabia the Great War and the cultural foundations of Britain's covert empire in the Middle East /
Satia, Priya.
Spies in Arabia the Great War and the cultural foundations of Britain's covert empire in the Middle East / [electronic resource] : Priya Satia. - Oxford [U.K.] ; Oxford University Press, 2008. - xiii, 458 p. : map ; 25 cm. - ACLS Fellows' publications. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-441) 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.
2027/heb08808 hdl
--Great Britain.--Middle East.--Secret service--Great Britain.
Middle East--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Middle East.
Espionage Espionage World War, 1914-1918
Spies in Arabia the Great War and the cultural foundations of Britain's covert empire in the Middle East / [electronic resource] : Priya Satia. - Oxford [U.K.] ; Oxford University Press, 2008. - xiii, 458 p. : map ; 25 cm. - ACLS Fellows' publications. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .
E-Book-ACLS / Zugriff nur im DHI-Lesesaal American Council of Learned Societies/ https://www.humanitiesebook.org/about/
Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-441) 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.
2027/heb08808 hdl
--Great Britain.--Middle East.--Secret service--Great Britain.
Middle East--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Middle East.
Espionage Espionage World War, 1914-1918