America's great game: the CIA's secret Arabists and the shaping of the modern Middle East

Part 1: Pre-game, 1916-1947. Learning the game ; Beginning the quest ; OSS/Cairo ; Great Game redux ; Zion ; The guest no one invites again

Part 2: Warm-up, 1947-1949. Game plan ; The right kind of leader? Syria, 1949

Part 3: Winning, 1949-1956. American friends of the Middle East ; In search of a hero: Egypt, 1952 ; Mad men on the Nile ; Authoring a coup: Iran, 1953 ; From ALPHA ... ; Crypto-diplomacy ; Peacemakers

Part 4: Losing, 1956-1958. ... to OMEGA ; Increasingly a vehicle for your purposes ; Archie's turn: Syria, 1956 ; Game on: Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, 1957 ; Game over.