Blood Oil

BLOOD, OIL AND THE AXIS THE ALLIED RESISTANCE AGAINST A FASCIST STATE IN IRAQ AND THE LEVANT, 1941 by JOHN BROICH author of SQUADRON Advance Reading Copy (ARC): An ARC/galley/uncorrected proof is a limited edition version of a book sent to reviewers, booksellers, librarians, and bloggers prior to its scheduled release and may differ slightly from the final version. NOT A PRE-ORDER / SHIPS IMMEDIATELY Unread Paperback with illustrated wrappers Publisher : Abrams Press 368 pages Book in unread condition Publication Date: May 7 , 2019 The riveting story of the unlikely coalition of individuals who prevented the Axis from obtaining an abundant supply of oil and absorbing an army of 50,000 into their own, turning the tide of WWII in the Middle East Spring 1941 was a high point for the Axis war machine. Western Europe was conquered; southeastern Europe was falling, Great Britain on its heels; and Rommel’s Afrika Korps was freshly arrived to drive on the all-important Suez Canal. In Blood, Oil and the Axis, historian John Broich tells the story of Iraq and the Levant during this most pivotal time of the war. The browbeaten Allied forces had one last remaining hope for turning the war in their favor: the Axis running through its fuel supply. But when the Golden Square―four Iraqi generals allegiant to the Axis cause―staged a coup in Iraq, elevating a pro-German junta and prompting military cooperation between Vichy French–occupied Syria and Lebanon and the Axis, disaster loomed. Blood, Oil and the Axis follows those who participated in the Allies’ frantic, improvised, and unlikely response to this dire threat: Palestinian and Jordanian Arabs, Australians, American and British soldiers, Free French Foreign Legionnaires, and Jewish Palestinians, all who shared a desperate, bloody purpose in quashing the formation of an Axis state in the Middle East. Memorable figures of this makeshift alliance include Jack Hasey, a young American who ran off to fight with the Free French Foreign Legion before his own country entered the war; Freya Stark, a famous travel-writer-turned-government-agent; and even Roald Dahl, a twenty-three-year-old Royal Air Force recruit (and future author of beloved children’s books). Taking the reader on a tour of cities and landscapes grimly familiar to today’s reader―from a bombed-out Fallujah, to Baghdad, to Damascus―Blood, Oil and the Axis is poised to become the definitive chronicle of the Axis’s menacing play for Iraq and the Levant in 1941 and the extraordinary alliance that confronted it. John Broich holds a PhD in British History from Stanford University, and is a professor of British Empire history at Case Western Reserve University. His writing regularly appears in the Guardian, Smithsonian Magazine, and Newsweek. He is the author of Squadron: Ending the African Slave Trade, available from Overlook Press. He lives in Ohio and Minnesota. condition: BRAND NEW BOOK IN UNREAD CONDITION. ADVANCE READERS COPY / UNCORRECTED PROOF Tight clean pages and binding. No tears, stains or inscriptions. THE ITEM SHOWN IN PHOTO IS THE ACTUAL ITEM FOR SALE. NOT A STOCK IMAGE. S H I P P I N G R A T E S U. S. $5.00 for MEDIA $10.00 for PRIORITY I N T E R N A T I O N A L $25.00 for INTERNATIONAL FIRST CLASS C A N A D A A N D M E X I C O $18.00 for INTERNATIONAL FIRST CLASS International Bidders Welcome! Seller ships worldwide. SELLER WILL COMBINE SHIPPING CHARGE FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS ORDERED. All books are carefully packed in custom cardboard book mailers for safe shipment. Seller accepts Paypal. FAST SHIPPING! Seller ships same or next day after payment is received.

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