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The Secret War for the Middle East - The Influence of Axis and Allied Intelligence Operations During World War II (Hardcover)
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The Secret War for the Middle East - The Influence of Axis and Allied Intelligence Operations During World War II (Hardcover)
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It can be argued that the Middle East during the World War II has
been regarded as that conflict's most overlooked theater of
operations. Though the threat of direct Axis invasion never
materialized beyond the Egyptian Western Desert with Rommel's
Afrika Korps, this did not limit the Axis from probing the Middle
East and cultivating potential collaborators and sympathizers.
These actions left an indelible mark in the socio-political
evolution of the modern states of the Middle East. This book
explores the infusion of the political language of anti-Semitism,
nationalism, fascism, and Marxism that were among the ideological
byproducts of Axis and Allied intervention in the Arab world. The
status of British-dominated Middle East was tailor-made for
exploitation by Axis intelligence and propaganda. German and
Italian intelligence efforts fueled anti-British resentments; their
influence shaped the course of Arab nationalist sentiments
throughout the Middle East. A relevant parallel to the pan-Arab
cause was Hitler's attempt to bring ethnic Germans into the fold of
a greater German state. In theory, as the Sudeten German stood on
par with the Carpathian German, so too, according to doctrinal
theory, did the Yemeni stand in union with the Syrian in the
imagination of those espousing pan-Arabism. As historic evidence
demonstrates, this very commonality proved to be a major factor in
the development of relations between Arab and Fascist leaders. The
Arab nationalist movement amounted to nothing more than a
shapeless, fragmented, counter position to British imperialism,
imported to the Arab East via Berlin for Nazi aspirations.
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