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Three Kings reveals a story of America's scramble for political influence, oil concessions, and a new military presence based on airpower and generous American aid to shaky regimes in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, and Iraq. Marshaling new and revelatory evidence from the archives, Lloyd Gardner deftly weaves together three decades of U.S. moves in the region to offer the first history of America's efforts to supplant the British empire in the Middle East. From the early efforts to support and influence the Saudi regime (including the creation of Dhahranairbase, the target of Osama bin Laden's first terrorist attack in 1996) and the CIA-engineered coup in Iran to Nasser's Egypt and, finally, the rise of Iraq as a major petroleum power, Three Kings is ''a valuable contribution to our understanding of our still-deepening involvement in this region'' (Booklist).As American policy makers and military planners grapple with the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, Gardner uncovers the largely hidden story of how the United States got into the Middle East in the first place.

The broadcast that George VI made to the British nation on the outbreak of war in September 1939—which formed the climax of the multi-Oscar-winning film The King's Speech—was the product of years of hard work with Lionel Logue, his iconoclastic, Australian-born speech therapist. Yet the relationship between the two men did not end there. Far from it: in the years that followed, Logue was to play an even more important role at the monarch's side.The King's War follows that relationship through the dangerous days of Dunkirk and the drama of D-Day to eventual victory in 1945—and beyond. Like the first book, it is written by Peter Conradi, a London Sunday Times journalist, and Mark Logue (Lionel's grandson), and again draws on exclusive material from the Logue Archive—the collection of diaries, letters, and other documents left by Lionel and his feisty wife, Myrtle. This gripping narrative provides a fascinating portrait of two men and their respective families—the Windsors and the Logues—as they together face the greatest challenge in Britain's history.

Excerpt from King's Complete History of the World War: Visualizing the Great Conflict in All Theaters of Action, 1914-1918 The value of any work of history is measured largely by the intellectual equipment of the Author, the accuracy and authenticity of his data. The Editor of this volume was fortunately in possession of a background of European history of peculiar advantage in undertaking to prepare the story of the Great War. In 1910 (after 20 years of laborious research) he brought to completion, "Crossing the Centuries," a Synchroneous History of the Worlds Civilization extending from pre-historic times down to the present day - illustrated with vizualized charts, on which were pictured the great events of time, arranged in their chronological order and in their contemporaneous association, century by century. In the preparation of this stupendous work Dr. King was able to enlist the co-operation and collaboration of many of the foremost intellects of the Nation, Eminent Clergymen, College Presidents, Leading Publicists, Noted Historians, Scientific and Educational Specialists, representing a wide range of recognized scholarship. Probably no book of modern times has called forth stronger expressions of appreciation from prominent scholars, educational leaders, the secular and religious press, than was accorded to this publication. "Kings. Visualized Charts of American History" (extensively used in public schools) is another production of our Editor. In the preparation of this latter work, the Author had the editorial assistance of Dr. Wilber F. Gordy, author of Gordy's series of School Histories. In 1914 Dr. King's Alma Mater conferred -upon him the honorary degree of "Doctor of Letters" (Litt. D.), in recognition of his research work in history and other literary productions. (Four of his previous books reached a sale of two and one-holf million copies.) In view of Dr. King's familiarity with the economic, political, and diplomatic situation in Europe, at the time war was declared, he was in a particularly favorable position to undertake the preparation of this volume. The book could have been on the market two years earlier had the Editor been willing to sacrifice accuracy and completeness for quick financial returns. He preferred, however, to secure the full truth at the expense of time, and build a book which would stand the acid test of critical comparison. This work embodies numerous original and unique features found in no other history, prominent among which is the tabulation of the "Order of Battle," showing in opposite columns the numerical strength of the opposing armies, the list of Generals directing the respective forces, the date and place of battle, in every campaign and major engagement. Another original feature is the separate treatment accorded each battle under a system of striking boxed headings, the frequent use of sub-headings, which illuminate the text, greatly aiding the reader in visualizing the ebb and flow of battle. This helpful feature is in marked contrast with many histories which present an endless array of facts, unrelieved by any captions, to aid the reader in distinguishing between different phases of a great battle, or determine one battle from another in an extensive campaign. Still another unique feature is the index, which precedes the narrative story of each year, arranged chronologically in parallel columns, showing at a glance the events taking place on both Western and Eastern Fronts on any given date, including folio of descriptive text. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com