Lords of the Desert : (Record no. 7077)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781471139802 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DA47.9 .M628 |
| Item number | B268 2019 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Barr, James, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1976- |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Lords of the Desert : |
| Remainder of title | Britain's struggle with America to dominate the Middle East / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | James Barr. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Simon & Schuster, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2019. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv, 401 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: |
| Other physical details | illustrations, maps; |
| Dimensions | 20 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Within a single generation, between 1945 and 1970, America replaced Britain as the dominant power in the Middle East. By any standard, it was an extraordinary role reversal and it was one that came with very little warning. Starting in the nineteenth century, Britain had first established themselves as protector of the sheikhdoms along the southern shore of the Persian Gulf, before acquiring Aden, Cyprus and then Egypt and the Sudan. In the Great War in the twentieth century they then added Palestine, Jordan and Iraq by conquest. And finally Britain had jointly run Iran with the Soviets since 1941 to defeat Hitler. The discovery of vast oil reserves in Saudi Arabia, at a time when the United States' own domestic reserves seemed to be running low, made America's initial interest commercial. But trade required political stability. Its absence led the United States to look more critically at the conduct of her major ally in the region. Added to this theatre of operations, the Zionists in Israel after World War One actively pursued a policy to establish and win an independent state for the Jews - which spurred on by thousands of Jewish refugees from war-torn Europe enabled them to build up the forces necessary to achieve power. How would Britain manage both Arab and Jewish positions and still maintain power? In 1943 they came up with an ambitious plan do so, and in 1944 put it into action. Somewhere East of Suez tells this story."--Publisher's description. |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Great Britain |
| General subdivision | Foreign relations |
| Geographic subdivision | Middle East. |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Middle East |
| General subdivision | Foreign Relations |
| Geographic subdivision | Great Britain. |
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| Geographic name | Middle East |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 20th Century. |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | United States |
| General subdivision | Foreign Relations |
| Chronological subdivision | 1945-1989. |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
| Item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public note |
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| Library of Congress Classification | General Collection | Zayed Military University | Zayed Military University | General Stacks | 07/15/2025 | Panworld | 25.90 | DA47.9 .M628 B268 2019 | 23466 | 07/15/2025 | C. 1 | 07/15/2025 | Books | AED 25.90 |