America's Great Game: The Cia's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East - Paperback
by Hugh Wilford
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465096282ISBN-10:046509628XUPC:9780465096282Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Middle East, Intelligence & EspionageBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCHCCMNY8K
America's Great Game: The Cia's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East
From the 9/11 attacks to waterboarding to drone strikes, relations between the United States and the Middle East seem caught in a downward spiral. And all too often, the Central Intelligence Agency has made the situation worse. But this crisis was not a historical inevitability -- far from it. Indeed, the earliest generation of CIA operatives was actually the region's staunchest western ally. In...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465096282ISBN-10:046509628XUPC:9780465096282Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Middle East, Intelligence & EspionageBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.20 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCHCCMNY8K
Hugh Wilford is a professor of history at California State University, Long Beach, and author of four books, including The Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played America. He lives in Long Beach, California.
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