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008 161004s2016 enk b 001 0 eng d
020 _a9781786071927
035 _a(OCoLC)959909516
040 _aNhCcYBP
_beng
_erda
_cNhCcYBP
050 4 _aDS63.1
_b.D252 2017
082 0 4 _a956.05
_223
100 1 _aDavidson, Christopher
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aShadow wars :
_bthe secret struggle for the Middle East /
_cChristopher Davidson.
250 _aPaperback Edition.
260 _aLondon :
_bOneworld Book,
_c2017.
300 _axiii, 672 pages ;
_c24 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 529-650) and index.
505 0 _aCounter-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.
651 0 _aMiddle East
_xPolitics and government
_y1979-
942 _2lcc
_cBK
960 _a99968994044