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 | Spies in Arabia: The Great War and the Cultural Foundations of Britain's Covert Empire in the Middle East (1st Edition) by Priya Satia (Assistant Professor Of History, Stanford University) Paperback, 472 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-19-973480-1 / 0199734801 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-973480-1 / 9780199734801 At the dawn of the twentieth century, British intelligence agents began to venture in increasing numbers to the Arab lands of the Ottoman Empire, a region of crucial geopolitical importance spanning present-day Iraq, Jordan, Syria, and Saudi Arabia. They were drawn by the twin objectives of securing | |