Soldier in the Sand: A Personal History of the Modern Middle East

Abstract

Cover -- Book title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Maps -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Inspiring Past and Dark Future -- Chapter 2: Expansion and Decline -- Chapter 3: Child of Empire - an Imperial Heritage -- Chapter 4: The Jewel in the Crown -- Chapter 5: First Exposure - Suez and Beyond -- Chapter 6: An Aden Childhood -- Chapter 7: Retreat from East of Suez -- Chapter 8: Oil, Arms and Iran -- Chapter 9: Scholar to Soldier -- Chapter 10: 'New World Order' - Part I (1979) -- Chapter 11: Lending Style to Vulgar Brawls -- Chapter 12: Soldier in the Sand -- Chapter 13: 'New World Order' - Part II (1989) -- Plate section -- Chapter 14: Eastward Ho! - the Liberation of Kuwait -- Chapter 15: Iraq: Round One -- Chapter 16: The Mould Breaks -- Chapter 17: Belgium and the Balkans -- Chapter 18: Scholar to Soldier, Again -- Chapter 19: Rise of the Jihadists -- Chapter 20: The Aftermath -- Chapter 21: Crisis on the Tigris -- Chapter 22: Jihad versus 'the Surge' - a Clash of Strategies -- Chapter 23: Lawrence Redux -- Chapter 24: Change of Presidents -- Chapter 25: The Arab Spring -- Chapter 26: The Rise of Islamic State -- Epilogue -- Index -- Back Cover.