Lords of the Desert: The Battle Between the United States and Great Britain for Supremacy in the Modern Middle East
Autor James Barren Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 sep 2018
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superseded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.
InLords
of
the
Desert,
historian
James
Barr
draws
on
newly
declassified
archives
to
argue
instead
that
the
US
was
the
driving
force
behind
the
British
exit.
Though
the
two
nations
were
allies,
they
found
themselves
at
odds
over
just
about
every
question,
from
who
owned
Saudi
Arabia's
oil
to
who
should
control
the
Suez
Canal.
Encouraging
and
exploiting
widespread
opposition
to
the
British,
the
US
intrigued
its
way
to
power--ultimately
becoming
as
resented
as
the
British
had
been.
As
Barr
shows,
it
is
impossible
to
understand
the
region
today
without
first
grappling
with
this
little-known
prehistory.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465050635
ISBN-10: 0465050638
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 159 x 241 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
ISBN-10: 0465050638
Pagini: 464
Dimensiuni: 159 x 241 x 38 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
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Notă biografică
James
Barris
a
visiting
fellow
at
King's
College
London
and
the
author
ofA
Line
in
the
SandandSetting
the
Desert
on
Fire.
He
lives
in
London.
Recenzii
"Excellent...Mr.
Barr
draws
on
a
rich
and
varied
trove
of
sourcesto
knit
a
sequence
of
dramatic
episodes
into
an
elegant
whole...What
is
greatlyto
his
credit...is
the
total
absence
of
moral
posturing
and
ideologicalpartisanship...The
1953
coup
against
Mosaddegh...reads
like
a
page-turning
spythriller."—Wall
Street
Journal
"Barr has mined memoirs and archives to add fresh detail tohis remarkable and dispiriting story...[His] canvas is large, and he daubs itwith colour and human interest...Admirably researched."—Economist
"Beautifully written and deeply researched...Lords of theDesertgoes far beyond classic diplomatic history...superbly illustrating theconstraints of Britain's decline and America's inexorable rise."—Guardian
"If you're wondering why things are so intractably turbulentin places like Syria and Iraq, some suggestive answers emerge from Barr'sbook...[Barr] explains much about America's relations with the Arab world-andwith Britain."—Kirkus
"Brilliant, detached and eye-opening...A gripping tale ofdiplomatic legerdemain, political hypocrisy and, once the intelligence boys gotgoing, derring-do."—Times
"A stern indictment of imperial shenanigans in the region...Lordsof the Desertbustles impressively with detail and anecdote."—Sunday Times
"Barr contrasts the bumbling self-importance of the Britishofficials with the ignorant over-confidence of their Americancounterparts...Consistently fascinating."—Spectator
"If your'e wondering why things are so intractably turbulent in places like Syria and Iraq, some suggestive answers emerge from Barr's book.... Of considerable interest to students of geopolitics, one that explains much about America's relations with the Arab world--and with Britain."—Kirkus Reviews
"With its oil and its waterways, the Middle East was and remains a first step for any rising world power, and also the final trap for empires on the decline. In this lively page-turner, Barr unearths the obscure history of our disastrous engagement with the Middle East today--and of our own imperial decline."—Elizabeth F. Thompson, Mohamed S. Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, American University
"Many of the events in this book will be familiar, but instead of presenting them from the more usual perspectives of the Cold war confrontation between the US and Russia, or Imperial withdrawal, James Barr considers them instead from the angle of US-British rivalry. This is refreshing, but it is perhaps also closer to the angle from which many contemporaries would have considered the Suez canal crisis of 1956 or the coup that removed Mohammad Mosaddeq in 1953, for example. This book is therefore not just an excellent, lively account of salient events in this period in the history of the Middle East; it also opens up some new ways to think about them."—Michael Axworthy,author ofA History of Iran: Empire of the Mind
"In this compelling new book, James Barr recalls a now forgotten story of British-American competition for power in the Middle East during and after their victory in the Second World War. This is essential, gripping history with major relevance for those who wish to understand that tortured region today."—Nicholas Burns, professor, Harvard University and former Under Secretary of State
"High adventure and covert action meet in this account of a momentous power shift that decisively shaped today's world.Lords of the Desertreshapes our understanding of the modern Middle East--and also helps explain how the United States became a global power."—Stephen Kinzer,author ofAll the Shah's MenandOverthrow
"James Barr lifts the curtain on British plotting and intrigue in the Middle East. A wonderful raconteur, Barr brings to life the characters whose schemes and miscalculations brought an end to Britain as a great power. Meticulously researched,Lords of the Desertprovides ample evidence as to why people in Middle Eastern countries remain so suspicious of Western intentions. A superb book."—Emma Sky,author ofThe Unraveling
"An essential book for understanding the modern Middle East--and a thrilling read to boot."—Alex von Tunzelmann,author ofBlood and Sand
"A masterful account of Anglo-American rivalries that shaped the modern Middle East after WWII--brilliant storytelling with a rich cast of characters,Lords of the Desertis irresistible reading."—Eugene Rogan,author ofThe Fall of the Ottomans
"Barr has mined memoirs and archives to add fresh detail tohis remarkable and dispiriting story...[His] canvas is large, and he daubs itwith colour and human interest...Admirably researched."—Economist
"Beautifully written and deeply researched...Lords of theDesertgoes far beyond classic diplomatic history...superbly illustrating theconstraints of Britain's decline and America's inexorable rise."—Guardian
"If you're wondering why things are so intractably turbulentin places like Syria and Iraq, some suggestive answers emerge from Barr'sbook...[Barr] explains much about America's relations with the Arab world-andwith Britain."—Kirkus
"Brilliant, detached and eye-opening...A gripping tale ofdiplomatic legerdemain, political hypocrisy and, once the intelligence boys gotgoing, derring-do."—Times
"A stern indictment of imperial shenanigans in the region...Lordsof the Desertbustles impressively with detail and anecdote."—Sunday Times
"Barr contrasts the bumbling self-importance of the Britishofficials with the ignorant over-confidence of their Americancounterparts...Consistently fascinating."—Spectator
"If your'e wondering why things are so intractably turbulent in places like Syria and Iraq, some suggestive answers emerge from Barr's book.... Of considerable interest to students of geopolitics, one that explains much about America's relations with the Arab world--and with Britain."—Kirkus Reviews
"With its oil and its waterways, the Middle East was and remains a first step for any rising world power, and also the final trap for empires on the decline. In this lively page-turner, Barr unearths the obscure history of our disastrous engagement with the Middle East today--and of our own imperial decline."—Elizabeth F. Thompson, Mohamed S. Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, American University
"Many of the events in this book will be familiar, but instead of presenting them from the more usual perspectives of the Cold war confrontation between the US and Russia, or Imperial withdrawal, James Barr considers them instead from the angle of US-British rivalry. This is refreshing, but it is perhaps also closer to the angle from which many contemporaries would have considered the Suez canal crisis of 1956 or the coup that removed Mohammad Mosaddeq in 1953, for example. This book is therefore not just an excellent, lively account of salient events in this period in the history of the Middle East; it also opens up some new ways to think about them."—Michael Axworthy,author ofA History of Iran: Empire of the Mind
"In this compelling new book, James Barr recalls a now forgotten story of British-American competition for power in the Middle East during and after their victory in the Second World War. This is essential, gripping history with major relevance for those who wish to understand that tortured region today."—Nicholas Burns, professor, Harvard University and former Under Secretary of State
"High adventure and covert action meet in this account of a momentous power shift that decisively shaped today's world.Lords of the Desertreshapes our understanding of the modern Middle East--and also helps explain how the United States became a global power."—Stephen Kinzer,author ofAll the Shah's MenandOverthrow
"James Barr lifts the curtain on British plotting and intrigue in the Middle East. A wonderful raconteur, Barr brings to life the characters whose schemes and miscalculations brought an end to Britain as a great power. Meticulously researched,Lords of the Desertprovides ample evidence as to why people in Middle Eastern countries remain so suspicious of Western intentions. A superb book."—Emma Sky,author ofThe Unraveling
"An essential book for understanding the modern Middle East--and a thrilling read to boot."—Alex von Tunzelmann,author ofBlood and Sand
"A masterful account of Anglo-American rivalries that shaped the modern Middle East after WWII--brilliant storytelling with a rich cast of characters,Lords of the Desertis irresistible reading."—Eugene Rogan,author ofThe Fall of the Ottomans
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Between 1945 and 1970, America replaced Britain as the dominant power in the Middle East in an extraordinary role reversal. Lords of the Desert tells this story.