Have Western experts fundamentally failed to understand the dynamics, leaders and culture of the Middle East? Dina Rezk analyses 8 case studies, culminating in the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar el Sadat on live television on 6 October 1981, Drawing on declassified documents, interviews and multi-archival research, she explores how the most powerful intelligence agencies in the world have been so notoriously caught off guard in post-WWII Middle East.
| ISBN: | 9780748698912 |
| Publication date: | 30th June 2017 |
| Author: | Dina Rezk |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 360 pages |
| Genres: |
Military intelligence International relations Middle Eastern history |