Castles Made of Sand: A Century of Anglo-American Espionage and Intervention in the Middle East

For over a hundred years, the Western powers have engaged in an intricate spy game to establish control over the Middle East. American intelligence has jockeyed with the English, as well as the French and Russians, in a geo-political chess game to prevent the spread of communism and secure access to resources and commerce. By adhering to the philosophy of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend,” short-sighted American support of Egypt’s Gammal Nasser, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the rebels of Afghanistan has inspired the same Islamic radicalism that confronts the West today. An authority on international studies and the history of guerilla warfare, Andre Gerolymatos offers extraordinary insight into the intelligence games waged by Kermit Roosevelt, Allen Dulles, Kim Philby and others, and into the Middle Eastern terrorist networks that have evolved and thrived over the decades.