Bidspirit auction | Kermit Roosevelt Jr. “Arabs, Oil

Kermit Roosevelt Jr. “Arabs, Oil and History. The Story of the Middle East, 1st ed., 1949, in English - Kermit Roosevelt Jr. “Arabs, Oil and History. The Story of the Middle East, 1st ed., 1949, in English Victor Gollancz LTD, London. 1st edition, 1949., 271 pp. Hard orange cloth cover, DJ, 22.5 x 14 cm. Condition: DJ damaged – staining, tears, missing places; rubbing and discoloring to edges of cover and of spine; yellow stains to endpaper Internally good condition. Weight: 500 gr. Kermit Roosevelt Jr. (February 16, 1916 - June 8, 2000) was an American intelligence officer who served in the Office of Strategic Services during and following World War II. Roosevelt went on to establish American Friends of the Middle East and then played a lead role in the Central Intelligence Agency's efforts to overthrow Mohammad Mosaddegh, the Majlis-appointed leader of Iran, in August 1953.