KINGDOM OF ILLUSION
by Sheehan, Edward R.F. ; (Kermit Roosevelt, Jr.'s Copy)
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- Near Fine in Good dust jacket
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New York: Random House. Near Fine in Good dust jacket. 1964. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Autograph; Contents clean and secure in original blue cloth binding in dustjacket with large chips at lower and upper edges, erasure mark. Former owner's signature on ffep - "K. Roosevelt" Author's first novel treating the competition for influence in the Arab world twixt the U.S. and the Soviet Union. "Mr. Sheehan's sense of place and his evocation of the poetry and poverty of the Arab-Orient confirm his first-hand knowledge of a milieu where illusion and paradox, sensuality and mysticism, are all part of the same mirage." The previous owner - Kermit "Kim" Roosevelt, Jr. (1916 - 2000) was the grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt. He was a career intelligence officer who served in the Office of Strategic Services and was the mastermind of the Central Intelligence Agency's Operation Ajax, which orchestrated the coup against Iran's democratically-elected Mohammed Mossadegh administration, and returned Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, to Iran's Peacock Throne in August 1953 for the purpose of returning Western control of Middle Eastern oil supplies. In Egypt under Allen Dulles, Kim Roosevelt supervised the CIA's operation to undermine the popular General Neguib and encourage the rise to power of Gamul Abdul Nasser. Even before his decisive victory, Nasser was communicating through Roosevelt to make a settlement with Great Britain. These back channel negotiations eventually produced the treaty signed in October 1954. Nasser ascended and for the next decade Egypt's relations with the West moved along a sometimes rocky road. By 1965 relations had significantly deteriorated and Nasser was quite worried the CIA was plotting to assassinate him. After the Odell-Amin case broke, the CIA began to look for "more West friendly" Egyptian elements. Their attention landed on the Muslim Brotherhood, which according to Talcott Seelye, "We thought of Islam as a counterweight to communism. We saw it as a moderate force, and a positive one." In fact the CIA was spending millions of dollars on anti-Nasser operations, including an extensive propaganda campaign. ; Signed by Notable Personage, Related .
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- 44729
- Title
- KINGDOM OF ILLUSION
- Author
- Sheehan, Edward R.F. ; (Kermit Roosevelt, Jr.'s Copy)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Middle East Politics, 1960s Espionage
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- Modern First Editions;
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