The story of Anglo-American relations in Saudi Arabia during the Second World War has generally been viewed as one of discord and hegemonic rivalry, a perspecti

A sophisticated history of colonial interactions in Nigeria during World War II drawing on hitherto unexplored archival resources.

Saudi Arabia is a wealthy and powerful country which wields influence in the West and across the Islamic world. Yet it remains a closed society. Its history in

A broad-ranging study of the relationship between alliances and the conduct of grand strategy, examined through historical case studies.

At the dawn of the twentieth century, British intelligence agents began to venture in increasing numbers to the Arab lands of the Ottoman Empire, a region of cr