Author:
Meyer, Karl E. (Karl Ernest), 1928-2019.
Edition Statement:1st ed.
Imprint:New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2008.
Description507 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Note:PROLOGUE The Ever-Growing Egg -- ONE The Proconsul -- Lord Cromer -- TWO The Empire's Power Couple: -- Dame Flora Shaw and Lord Frederick Lugard -- THREE "Dr. Weizmann, It's a Boy!" -- Sir Mark Sykes -- FOUR The Acolyte -- A.T. Wilson -- FIVE "Dreadfully Occupied in Making Kings and Governments" -- Gertrude Bell -- SIX The Frenzy of Renown -- T.E. Lawrence -- SEVEN The Apostate -- H.S.J.B. Philby -- EIGHT "A Splendid Little Army" -- Glubb Pasha -- NINE A Very British Coup -- General Ironside and the Three Percys (Sirs Cox, Sykes, and Loraine) -- TEN The Quiet American -- Kermit Roosevelt -- ELEVEN The Apprentice Sorcerer -- Miles Copeland -- TWELVE The Man Who Knew Too Much -- Paul Wolfowitz -- EPILOGUE Echoes in a Long Corridor.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-483) and index.
