Shadow wars : the secret struggle for the Middle East / Christopher Davidson.
Publisher: London : Oneworld Publications, 2016Description: xiii, 672 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781786070012.Subject(s): Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1979-
Contents:
Counter-revolution: a pattern emerges -- Cold war, oil war: America takes over -- The road to al-Qaeda: the CIA's baby -- Allied to jihad: useful idiots -- The Arab Spring: a system threatened -- Plan "A": Islamists versus the deep state -- Plan "B": a fake Arab Spring -- Enter the Islamic State: a phantom menace -- The Islamic State: a strategic asset -- The Islamic State: a gift that keeps giving -- Epilogue: Keeping the wheel turning.
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Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 956.05 DAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 013394 |
Counter-revolution: a pattern emerges -- Cold war, oil war: America takes over -- The road to al-Qaeda: the CIA's baby -- Allied to jihad: useful idiots -- The Arab Spring: a system threatened -- Plan "A": Islamists versus the deep state -- Plan "B": a fake Arab Spring -- Enter the Islamic State: a phantom menace -- The Islamic State: a strategic asset -- The Islamic State: a gift that keeps giving -- Epilogue: Keeping the wheel turning.