Between 1945 and 1970, America replaced Britain as the dominant power in the Middle East in an extraordinary role reversal. Lords of the Desert tells this story.
The uneasy handover of dominant influence over the Middle East from Britain to America between 1945 and 1970 is considered in relation to the mass migration of international Jews to Israel in this insightful exploration of one of the key shifts in recent history.
‘James Barr... has written another
riveting history,
masterfully arrayed and
engagingly written. Like a good conversation, it is full of great anecdotes that even those who know this story might have missed.’
