Follow the Pipelines av Charlotte Dennett

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<p><strong>¿Charlotte Dennett has written an excellent book summarizing the geopolitics of the Middle East historically through to current events. . . . This is an amazing piece of historical writing. . . . Students, foreign affairs ¿experts¿ and officials should have this work as required reading.¿¿Jim Miles, <em>Palestine Chronicle</em></strong></p><p><strong>Part personal pilgrimage, part deft critique, Dennett¿s insightful reportage examines what happens to international relations when oil wealth hangs in the balance, and she shines a glaring light on what so many have actually been dying for.</strong></p><p>In 1947, Daniel Dennett, America¿s sole master spy in the Middle East, was dispatched to Saudi Arabia to study the route of the proposed Trans-Arabian Pipeline. It would be his last assignment. A plane carrying him to Ethiopia went down, killing everyone onboard. Today, Dennett is recognised by the CIA as a ¿Fallen Star¿ and an important figure in US intelligence history. Yet t