MEC Friday Seminar - Lords of the Desert: Britain’s struggle with America to dominate the Middle East
Mr James Barr read history at Oxford and returned, as a visiting fellow, to St Antony’s in 2008, to research the book that became A Line In The Sand, which was published in 2011. Lords of the Desert picks up roughly where A Line In The Sand left off, but whereas that last book dwelt on Anglo-French rivalry in the Middle East, in this new one he has turned his attention to the Anglo-American relationship. He is a visiting fellow at King’s but has also worked in journalism, politics, running his own business and as a political officer at the British Embassy in Paris.

Signed copies of the ‘Lords of the Desert’ book will be available to purchase after the event for £12 (cash only).
Date: 19 October 2018, 17:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2018)
Venue: St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details: Investcorp Auditorium, Middle East Centre
Speaker: James Barr ((King's College London))
Organising department: Middle East Centre
Organiser: Professor Eugene Rogan (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: mec@sant.ox.ac.uk
Part of: MEC Friday Seminar Series
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Booking required?: Not required
Booking url: https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/events/lords-desert-britain%E2%80%99s-struggle-america-dominate-middle-east
Audience: Public
Editor: Kaja Winney