Spies in Arabia the Great War and the cultural foundations of Britain's covert empire in the Middle East /

At the start of the 20th century, British intelligence agents began to venture in increasing numbers to the Arab lands of the Ottoman Empire, drawn by the twin objectives of securing the route to India and finding adventure and spiritualism in an antique land. 'Spies in Arabia' tracks the...

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Tác giả chính: Satia, Priya
Định dạng: eBook
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Những chủ đề:
Espionage > Great Britain.
Espionage > Middle East.
World War, 1914-1918 > Secret service > Great Britain.
Middle East > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Middle East.
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Tóm tắt:At the start of the 20th century, British intelligence agents began to venture in increasing numbers to the Arab lands of the Ottoman Empire, drawn by the twin objectives of securing the route to India and finding adventure and spiritualism in an antique land. 'Spies in Arabia' tracks the dilemma these two different objectives created.
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Mô tả vật lý:1 online resource (xiii, 458 p.) : map.
Thư mục:Includes bibliographical references and index.
số ISBN:9780199868070 (ebook) :

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