TY - BOOK AU - Fiore,Massimiliano TI - Anglo-Italian relations in the Middle East, 1922-1940 SN - 978-0-7546-6964-7 U1 - 327.410450904 21E PY - 2010/// CY - Farnham, Burlington PB - Ashgate KW - Great Britain KW - Foreign relations KW - Italy KW - 1910-1936 KW - 1936-1945 KW - 1914-1945 KW - Imperialism KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Middle East KW - Strategic aspects KW - History, Military KW - Politics and government N1 - Bibliogr. p. [205]-221; The Anglo-Italian covert war in the Arabian Peninsula and in the Red Sea, 1922-1934 -- Anglo-Italian competition in the Red Sea prior to the advent of Mussolini -- Fascist Italy's political and commercial penetration in Arabia and British response -- The Anglo-Italian détente -- Winds of war through the desert -- Fascist propaganda in the Arab-world, 1934-1940 -- Fascist Italy's anti-British propaganda in Egypt and Palestine -- British cultural diplomacy and counter-propaganda in the Middle East, 1934-1940 -- The creation of the BBC Arabic news service -- The activities of the British Council in Egypt -- Britain and Fascist Italy's political and financial support for the great Palestinian uprising, 1933-1940 -- Fascist financial assistance to the Palestinian national movement -- Arms and ammunitions to the Palestinian national movement -- A chill in the relations between the Fascist regime and the Palestinian national movement -- Armaments diplomacy in the Persian Gulf, 1925-1940 -- The Anglo-Italian naval armament competition in Persia -- The Anglo-Italian aeronautical armament competition in Iraq -- Anglo-Italian imperial competition in the Arabian Peninsula, 1934-1940 -- Arms for Saudi Arabia -- Expansionism in Yemen -- Cold War in southern Arabia in the wake of the Ethiopian War -- The Anglo-Italian agreement on the Arabian Peninsula and the Red Sea -- Anglo-Italian activities in the Arabian Peninsula on the eve of the Second World War -- Dreams of imperial greatness, 1922-1940 -- The Anglo-Italian imperial clash in the Middle East -- Epilogue: Shattered dreams ER -