BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATIONS; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; 1. THE CHALLENGE OFNATIONALISM: RESTRUCTURING THE BRITISH EMPIRE; 2. A EUROPEAN MUSLIM POWER: ITALY'S POLICIES IN THE MARE NOSTRUM AND THE RED SEA; 3. FASCIST ITALY CHALLENGES THE ANGLO-SAUDI PARTNERSHIP; PART II: PALESTINE AND THE RADICALISATION OF ARAB STRUGGLE: ITALIAN AND GERMAN PROPAGANDA, 1935-1940; 4. THE ORIGINS OF THE UNREST: THE SALE OF LAND; 5. ITALIAN ACTIVITIES IN PALESTINE: MUSSOLINI AS 'THE SWORD OF ISLAM'
6. NAZI GERMANY IN THE MIDDLE EAST: THE AUSWARTIGES AMT AND THE PALESTINE QUESTION7. CHALLENGING THE OLD SYSTEM: ITALIAN ACTIVITIES IN BRITISH AND FRENCH COLONIES; 8. THE ARABISATION OF EGYPTIAN NATIONALISM; 9. STRUCTURE AND FORMS OF ITALIAN PROPAGANDA; 10. THE WAR OF WORDS: BRITISH CULTURAL DIPLOMACY AND COUNTER-PROPAGANDA IN THE MIDDLE EAST; 11. MONITORING THE ENEMY: BRITISH INTELLIGENCE AND COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE SERVICES IN THE INTERWAR YEARS; 12. MUSSOLINI'S S
Summary
Covers propaganda and subversive activities engineered by the Italian government in the Mediterranean and the Middle East from 1935 until 1940, when Italy entered the war. This book assesses the nature of the challenge brought by the Fascist regime to British security and colonial interests in the region