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America's Great Game: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East
By Wilford, Hugh
- ISBN
- 9780465019656
- Publisher
- Basic: Perseus
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Starred Review on November 1, 2013 | Social Sciences
American involvement in the Middle East expanded greatly in the two decades after World War II, with the newly formed Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) playing a major role. Wilford (history, California State Univ., Long Beach) portrays the colorful and sometimes dangerous events that wrought change in the region through the careers of three men—Kermit and Archie Roosevelt, representing a traditional elitist version of public service, and Miles Copeland, a new model of a bright, ambitious gover...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
