TY - BOOK AU - Zamir,Meir TI - The Secret Anglo-French War in the Middle East: intelligence and decolonization, 1940-1948 T2 - Routledge studies in Middle Eastern history SN - 9781138237124 (pbk) AV - DS63.2.G7 Z24 2016 U1 - 956/.03 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Abingdon, New York PB - Routledge KW - Espionage, British KW - Middle East KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Espionage, French KW - Military intelligence KW - Decolonization KW - Foreign relations KW - Great Britain KW - France KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-473) and index; Part I -- Great Britain's covert political action in the Middle East during and after World War II -- The Anglo-French clandestine war in Syria and Lebanon, 1940-1942 -- Britain's perfidy, France's revenge, 1943-1948 -- Epilogue: "Those who pulled the strings and those who pulled the trigger" -- Part II -- List of documents -- Documents ER -