TY - BOOK AU - Satia,Priya TI - Spies in Arabia: the great war and the cultural foundations of Britain's covert empire in the Middle East SN - 0199734801 (hbk. : alk. paper) U1 - 940.486410956 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Espionage KW - Great Britain KW - BUEsh KW - Middle East KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Secret service KW - Foreign relations KW - Reading book N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- War and hope. The foundations of covert empire ; The cultural world of the Edwardian agent ; The failure of empiricism and how the agents addressed it ; Cunning in war ; Imperial expiation -- Peace and terror. Official conspiracy theories and the wagers of genius ; Air control ; Covert empire ; Seeing like a democracy -- Conclusion UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0722/2007028405.html ER -