{"product_id":"blood-oil-and-the-axis-the-allied-resistance-against-a-fascist-state-in-iraq-and-the-levant-1941-9781468313994","title":"Blood, Oil and the Axis: The Allied Resistance Against a Fascist State in Iraq and the Levant, 1941","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn \"almost absurdly colorful\" history of the WWII battle for the Levant: \"In places . . . the material is like Casablanca meets The English Patient\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 1941, the Allied forces had one last hope: that the Axis would run through its fuel supply. In \u003ci\u003eBlood, Oil and the Axis\u003c\/i\u003e, historian \u003cb\u003eJohn Broich\u003c\/b\u003e tells the vital story of Iraq and the Levant during this most pivotal time of the war. Four Iraqi generals staged a pro-German coup in Iraq, they established military cooperation between the Axis and the Middle East. The Allies responded with an improvised and unlikely coalition: Palestinian and Jordanian Arabs, Australians, American and British soldiers, Free French Foreign Legionnaires, and Jewish Palestinians. All shared a common desire to quash the formation of an Axis state in the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking readers from a bombed-out Fallujah, to Baghdad, to Damascus, this definitive chronicle features numerous memorable figures, including Jack Hasey, a young American who fought with the Free French Foreign Legion; Freya Stark, a famous travel-writer-turned-government-agent; and even Roald Dahl, a young Royal Air Force recruit and future author of beloved children's books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry N. Abrams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781468313994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Broich","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52161314226357,"sku":"9781468313994","price":29.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a1de67a3-ecbc-48c1-a08d-9d9a26dfce5b.jpg?v=1768317801","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/blood-oil-and-the-axis-the-allied-resistance-against-a-fascist-state-in-iraq-and-the-levant-1941-9781468313994","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}