Spies in Arabia the Great War and the cultural foundations of Britain's covert empire in the Middle East - Satia, Priya; American Council of Learned Societies (Oxford [U.K.] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008)
Introduction -- War and hope. The foundations of covert empire ; The cultural world of the Edwardian agent ; The failure of empiricism and how the agents addressed it ; Cunning in war ; Imperial expiation -- Pe ace and terror. Official conspiracy theories and the wagers of genius ; Air control ; Covert empire ; Seeing like a democracy -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-441) and index.
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Keywords: 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