Explores the political, economic and social ramifications of the motorisation of the US economy. This book traces the origins of America's addiction throughout the twentieth century and explains how America's relations with the Middle East were developed through its quest for energy security.
New paperback edition of critically acclaimed, lively and gripping account of the British invasion and occupation of Iraq and of the Arab revolt against it, the most serious armed uprising against British rule in the twentieth century. Vividly brings to life key players such as Winston Churchill, T.E. Lawrence, Gertrude Bell, Sir Mark Sykes.
Authoritative and compelling account of European imperialism in North Africa and the Levant, and of the fall of the Ottoman Empire.