Kingmakers : the invention of the modern Middle East by Meyer, Karl E. (Karl Ernest), 1928-2019, Brysac, Shareen Blair instant download

Kingmakers : the invention of the modern Middle East by Meyer, Karl E. (Karl Ernest), 1928-2019, Brysac, Shareen Blair instant download

507 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm, A brilliant narrative history tracing today's troubles back to grandiose imperial overreach of Great Britain and the United States, Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-483) and index, Map of the Middle East -- Prologue: The Ever-Growing Egg -- The Proconsul / Lord Cromer -- The Empire's Power Couple / Dame Flora Shaw, Lord Frederick Lugard -- \"Dr. Weizmann, It's a Boy!\" / Sir Mark Sykes -- The Acolyte / A.T. Wilson -- \"Dreadfully Occupied in Making Kings and Governments\" / Gertrude Bell -- The Frenzy of Renown / T.E. Lawrence -- The Apostate / H.S.J.B. Philby -- \"A Splendid Little Army\" / Glubb Pasha -- A Very British Coup: General Ironside and the Three Percys (Sirs Cox, Sykes, and Loraine) -- The Quiet American / Kermit Roosevelt -- The Apprentice Sorcerer / Miles Copeland -- The Man Who Knew Too Much / Paul Wolfowitz -- Epilogue: Echoes in a Long Corridor