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...

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1. Verfasser:	Cooper, Artemis 1953- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London Penguin 1995, © 1989
Schlagworte:	World War 2 Egypt World War, 1939-1945 / Egypt / Cairo British / Egypt / Cairo Cairo (Egypt) / History Egypt / Foreign relations / 20th century Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 / Égypte / Le Caire Britanniques / Égypte / Le Caire Égypte / Relations extérieures / 20e siècle British Diplomatic relations Egypt / Cairo Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) / Égypte / Le Caire (Égypte) Britanniques / Égypte / Le Caire (Égypte) 1900-1999 History
Zusammenfassung:	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
Beschreibung:	Originally published: Hamish Hamilton, 1989
Beschreibung:	xiii, 370 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, maps, portraits 20 cm
ISBN:	0140247815 9780140247817