{"product_id":"the-baghdad-set-adrian-osullivan-9783030151829","title":"The Baghdad Set: Iraq Through the Eyes of British Intelligence, 1941-45","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides the first ever intelligence history of Iraq from 1941 to 1945, and is the third and final volume of a trilogy on regional intelligence and counterintelligence operations that includes \u003ci\u003eNazi Secret Warfare in Occupied Persia (Iran) \u003c\/i\u003e(2014)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEspionage and Counterintelligence in Occupied Persia (Iran) \u003c\/i\u003e(2015). This account of covert operations in Iraq during the Second World War is based on archival documents, diaries, and memoirs, interspersed with descriptions of all kinds of clandestine activity, and contextualized with analysis showing the significance of what happened regionally in terms of the greater war. After outlining the circumstances of the rise and fall of the fascist Gaylani regime, Adrian O'Sullivan examines the activities of the Allied secret services (CICI, SOE, SIS, and OSS) in Iraq, and the Axis initiatives planned or mounted against them. O'Sullivan emphasizes the social nature of human intelligence work and introducesthe reader to a number of interesting, talented personalities who performed secret roles in Iraq, including the distinguished author Dame Freya Stark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adrian O'Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3030151824\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783030151829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 1.13d","brand":"Adrian O'Sullivan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46401436418303,"sku":"9783030151829","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2e2551bd-b5d2-4dd0-8336-4000fba52d8c.jpg?v=1733887546","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-baghdad-set-adrian-osullivan-9783030151829","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}