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100 1  Cooper, Artemis, |d1953- |eauthor.
245 10 Cairo in the war, 1939-1945 / |cby Artemis Cooper.
264  1 London : |bJohn Murray, |c2013.
300    xiii, 386 pages : |billustrations, maps ; |c20 cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
500    Originally published: London: Hamish Hamilton, 1989.
504    Includes bibliographical references and index.
520    For troops in the desert, Cairo meant fleshpots or brass hats. For well-connected officers, it meant polo at the Gezira Club and drinks at Shepheard's. For the irregular warriors, Cairo was a city to throw legendary parties before the next mission behind enemy lines. For countless refugees, it was a stopping place in the long struggle home. The political scene was dominated by the British Ambassador Sir Miles Lampson. In February 1942 he surrounded the Abdin Palace with tanks and attempted to depose King Farouk. Five months later it looked as if the British would be thrown out of Egypt for good. Rommel's forces were only sixty miles from Alexandria--but the Germans were pushed back and Cairo life went on. Meanwhile, in the Egyptian Army, a handful of young officers were thinking dangerous thoughts.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
650  0 World War, 1939-1945 |zEgypt |zCairo.
651  0 Cairo (Egypt) |xHistory, Military.
651  0 Cairo (Egypt) |xHistory |y20th century.
611 27 World War (1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924
651  7 Egypt |zCairo. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01205204
648  7 1900-1999 |2fast
852 0   |bstacks |hD799.E3 |iC66 2013