LEADER 04310nam 22006011 450 001 9910826990903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-61251-336-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000056875 035 $a(EBL)1486397 035 $a(OCoLC)854285820 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001041460 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11595602 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001041460 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11043720 035 $a(PQKB)10329357 035 $a(DLC) 2013030012 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1486397 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10787765 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1486397 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000056875 100 $a20131213d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe secret war for the Middle East $ethe influence of Axis and Allied intelligence operations during World War II /$fYoussef H. Aboul-Enein and Basil H. Aboul-Enein 210 1$aAnnapolis, Maryland :$cNaval Institute Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-37635-2 311 $a1-61251-309-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTable of Contents; List of Maps ; Foreword ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; List of Abbreviations ; Background ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Palestine Question ; 3. Hashemite Iraq; 4. Vichy French Syria: Operation Exporter; 5. Iran: Operation Countenance; 6. Turkey: Balancing Neutrality ; 7. Axis Efforts in the Arabian Peninsula ; 8. Afghanistan and the Third Reich: Fomenting Rebellions ; 9. Egypt's Internal Struggle: To Declare War or Not? ; 10. Conclusion ; Appendix 1: Excerpts from The Goebbels Diaries, 1942-1943 327 $aAppendix 2: Lessons from the 1941 Anglo-Iraqi Revolt: The Writings of the Late Iraqi Army Officer and Military Historian Mahmood Al-Durrah Notes ; Selected Bibliography ; Index ; About the Authors 330 $a"It can be argued that the Middle East during the World War II has been regarded as that conflict's most overlooked theater of operations. Though the threat of direct Axis invasion never materialized beyond the Egyptian Western Desert with Rommel's Afrika Korps, this did not limit the Axis from probing the Middle East and cultivating potential collaborators and sympathizers. These actions left an indelible mark in the socio-political evolution of the modern states of the Middle East. This book explores the infusion of the political language of anti-Semitism, nationalism, fascism, and Marxism that were among the ideological byproducts of Axis and Allied intervention in the Arab world. The status of British-dominated Middle East was tailor-made for exploitation by Axis intelligence and propaganda. German and Italian intelligence efforts fueled anti-British resentments; their influence shaped the course of Arab nationalist sentiments throughout the Middle East. A relevant parallel to the pan-Arab cause was Hitler's attempt to bring ethnic Germans into the fold of a greater German state. In theory, as the Sudeten German stood on par with the Carpathian German, so too, according to doctrinal theory, did the Yemeni stand in union with the Syrian in the imagination of those espousing pan-Arabism. As historic evidence demonstrates, this very commonality proved to be a major factor in the development of relations between Arab and Fascist leaders. The Arab nationalist movement amounted to nothing more than a shapeless, fragmented, counter position to British imperialism, imported to the Arab East via Berlin for Nazi aspirations"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zMiddle East 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSecret service$zMiddle East 607 $aMiddle East$xPolitics and government$y1914-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xSecret service 676 $a940.5424 686 $aHIS027100$aHIS026000$2bisacsh 700 $aAboul-Enein$b Youssef H$01127304 701 $aAboul-Enein$b Basil H$01691918 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826990903321 996 $aThe secret war for the Middle East$94068648 997 $aUNINA