The Secret Anglo-French War in the Middle East

The role of intelligence in colonialism and decolonization is a rapidly expanding field of study. The premise of The Secret Anglo-French War in the Middle East is that intelligence statecraft is the "missing dimension" in the established historiography of the Middle East during and after World War II.

Meir Zamir teaches at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. He studies the role of British and French intelligence in the Middle East in the 1940s and the decolonization of the region. He is the author of The Formation of Modern Lebanon, 1918-1926, and Lebanon's Quest: The Road to Statehood, 1926-1939.

Introduction Part I 1 Great Britain's Covert Political Action in the Middle East During and After World War II 2 The Anglo-French Clandestine War in Syria and Lebanon, 1940-1942 3 Britain's Treachery, France's Revenge, 1943-1946 Conclusion Part II Appendices Bibliography