America's Great Game: The Cia's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East

by Hugh Wilford

Book Overview

From the 9/11 attacks to waterboarding to drone strikes, relations between the United States and the Middle East seem caught in a downward spiral. And all too often, the Central Intelligence Agency has made the situation worse. But this crisis was not a historical inevitability -- far from it. Indeed, the earliest generation of CIA operatives was actually the region's staunchest western ally.

In America's Great Game, celebrated intelligence...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 046501965X
• ISBN13: 9780465019656
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.3"