"Using newly declassified records and long-forgotten memoirs, including the diaries of a key British spy, James Barr tears up the conventional interpretation of this era in the Middle East, vividly portraying the tensions between London and Washington, and shedding an uncompromising light on the murkier activities of a generation of American and British diehards in the region, from the battle of El Alamein in 1942 to Britain's abandonment of Aden in 1967. Reminding us that the Middle East has always served as the arena for great power conflict, this is the tale of an internecine struggle in which Britain would discover that her most formidable rival was the ally she had assumed would be her closest friend." -- provided by publisher
- ISBN10 0465050638
- ISBN13 9780465050635
- Publish Date 11 September 2018 (first published 9 August 2018)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Basic Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 464
- Language English