Lords of the Desert: The Battle Between the United States and Great Britain for Supremacy in the Modern Middle East

by James Barr

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A path-breaking history of how the United States superseded Great Britain as the preeminent power in the Middle East, with urgent lessons for the present day We usually assume that Arab nationalism brought about the end of the British Empire in the Middle East -- that Gamal Abdel Nasser and other Arab leaders led popular uprisings against colonial rule that forced the overstretched British from the region. In Lords of the Desert , historian James...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0465050638

ISBN13:9780465050635

Release Date:September 2018

Publisher:Basic Books

Length:464 Pages

Weight:1.59 lbs.

Dimensions:1.6" x 6.0" x 9.3"

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