U.S. intelligence on the Middle East, 1945-2009 (Brill)
Covers the U.S. intelligence community's spying and analytic efforts in the Middle East, Near East, and North Africa from the end of World War II to the present day. Coverage includes coups, the OPEC embargo, wars, weapons programs, the rise of Islamic extremism, and the War on Terror, as well as the rise and fall of leaders such as the Ayatollah Khomeini, Mohammed Mossadeq, Muammar Qadhafi, and the Shah of Iran.