The Baghdad Set Iraq through the Eyes of British Intelligence, 1941-45 /

• Main Author: O'Sullivan, Adrian (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Middle East-History.; Military history.; Imperialism.; World history.; World War, 1939-1945.; History of the Middle East.; History of Military.; Imperialism and Colonialism.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; History of World War II and the Holocaust.

"O'Sullivan has found a completely underexplored but important field and made it entirely his own. With a strong cast and exciting narrative, The Baghdad Set bears all the hallmarks of his well-crafted prose and exhaustive research, with a wonderful awareness of the secondary literature an...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Prologue: Of Spies, Scouts, and Cover
• 2. Prelude to Conflict and the Embassy Siege
• 3. War within War
• 4. Restoring the Peace
• 5. South Gate
• 6. The Moon Palace
• 7. Border Security and Boots on the Ground
• 8. Six: His Britannic Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service
• 9. A Place in the Shade
• 10. Oh So Social
• 11. Epilogue: The Baghdad Set.