tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post7097495741970645143..comments2024-03-28T14:55:27.949+02:00Comments on My Right Word: Do You Know about Iltyd Nicholl Clayton?YMedadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-79919460962419581222021-08-08T17:35:26.670+03:002021-08-08T17:35:26.670+03:00More so than Henderson, perhaps, but less so than...More so than Henderson, perhaps, but less so than Kermit Roosevelt who appeared to be creating up US foreign policy on his own through contacts and field operations in Egypt, Syria and of course Iran. Syria underwent a large number of coups between the end of WW II and the rise of Assad - while Kermit was there and a player he never managed to back a winning horse. Kermit also funneled CIA and Aramco money into the American Friends of the Middle East. (ref: Hugh Wilford's "America's Great Game")<br /><br />British influence appears to have peaked with the formation of the Arab League, so Roosevelt and Clayton's periods of influence weren't quite cotemporaneous, though there was some overlap of a few years.L_Kingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-53171928654917766192021-08-08T17:17:38.984+03:002021-08-08T17:17:38.984+03:00Perhaps but layon was very much more independent o...Perhaps but layon was very much more independent of his political superiors.YMedadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333122797414935958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014209.post-71881569223821948592021-08-08T17:08:58.737+03:002021-08-08T17:08:58.737+03:00Thank you for this. Meir Zamir's book was al...Thank you for this. Meir Zamir's book was already in my "to read" list, this bumps it up in the queue. And I have to thank you for your recommendation of Seth Frantzman's PhD thesis. I'm about 1/3rd of the way through. There are some interesting implications wrt to overcounting Palestinian villages by including "daughter" villages as separate that I'd like to look into when I'm done - propaganda does favour exaggeration. <br /><br />Would it be reasonable to say that Clayton's counterpart in the US State Department might have been Loy Henderson or Kermit Roosevelt? Both foreign offices, though rivals, did appear to have similar goals and policies in the Middle East. There's probably a book or at least a PhD thesis comparing the two organizations. L_Kingnoreply@blogger.com