
Kingmakers
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A brilliant narrative history tracing today's troubles back to the grandiose imperial overreach of Great Britain and the United States.
Kingmakers is the gripping story of how the modern Middle East came to be, as told through the lives of the Britons and Americans who shaped it. Some are famous (Lawrence of Arabia and Gertrude Bell); others infamous (Harry St. John Philby, father of Kim); some forgotten (Sir Mark Sykes, Israel's godfather, and A. T. Wilson, the territorial creator of Iraq). All helped enthrone rulers in a region whose very name is an Anglo-American invention. The aim of this engrossing character-driven narrative is to restore to life the colorful figures who gave us the Middle East in which Americans are enmeshed today.More details
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- Intro
- Praise
- Also Coauthored by Karl E. Meyer and Shareen Blair Brysac
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Map of the Middle East
- Authors' Note
- PROLOGUE The Ever-Growing Egg
- ONE The Proconsul
- TWO The Empire's Power Couple
- THREE "Dr. Weizmann, It's a Boy!"
- FOUR The Acolyte
- FIVE "Dreadfully Occupied in Making Kings and Governments"
- SIX The Frenzy of Renown
- SEVEN The Apostate
- EIGHT "A Splendid Little Army"
- NINE A Very British Coup General Ironside and the Three Percys
- TEN The Quiet American
- ELEVEN The Apprentice Sorcerer
- TWELVE The Man Who Knew Too Much
- EPILOGUE Echoes in a Long Corridor
- Selective Chronology
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration Credits
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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