Davidson, Christopher M. <br/><br/>
Shadow wars :  the secret struggle for the Middle East / 
Christopher Davidson. 
 - xiii, 672 pages 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781786070012 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--Politics and government--1979-
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>956.05