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The Secret Anglo-French War in the Middle East - Intelligence and Decolonization, 1940-1948 (Hardcover)
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The Secret Anglo-French War in the Middle East - Intelligence and Decolonization, 1940-1948 (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern History
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The role of intelligence in colonialism and decolonization is a
rapidly expanding field of study. The premise of The Secret
Anglo-French War in the Middle East is that intelligence statecraft
is the "missing dimension" in the established historiography of the
Middle East during and after World War II. Arguing that
intelligence, especially covert political action and clandestine
diplomacy, played a key role in Britain's Middle East policy, this
book examines new archival sources in order to demonstrate that
despite World War II and the Cold War, the traditional rivalry
between Britain and France in the Middle East continued unabated,
assuming the form of a little-known secret war. This shadow war
strongly influenced decolonization of the region as each Power
sought to undermine the other; Britain exploited France's defeat to
evict it from its mandated territories in Syria and Lebanon and
incorporate them in its own sphere of influence; whilst France's
successful use of intelligence enabled it to undermine Britain's
position in Palestine, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Shedding new
light on the clandestine Franco-Zionist collaboration against
Britain in the Middle East and the role of the British secret
services in the 1948 Arab-Jewish war in Palestine, this book, which
presents close to 400 secret Syrian and British documents obtained
by the French intelligence, is essential reading for scholars with
an interest in the political history of the region, inter-Arab and
international relations, and intelligence studies.
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