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Aarons, Edward, 62, 69, 112, 144n71; Assignment: The Cairo Dancers, 112; Assignment : Zoraya, 62–63, 69, 144n71 Abdulhamid II, Sultan, 21 Abû Tabâh (fictional character), 43–44. See also Rohmer, Sax Acheson, Dean, 59 Adams, Rex: Star of Persia, 27–28, 131n24, 133n51 Afghanistan, 22, 25, 56, 62, 92, 106, 124, 126; Soviets in, 99, 111, 118 Agadir, 20 Albert, Marvin: Gargoyle Conspiracy, 80 Alexander II, Tsar, 17 Algeria, 32, 47, 99, 100, 138n41 Ali, Muhammad, 40–41 Al-Qaeda, 125, 126, 132n47 Amazon.com, 93, 108 Ambler, Eric, 54–55, 57, 91, 130n6, 140n16; Journey into Fear, 55; Levanter, 55, 91 Anglo-American connection, 2, 9, 11, 13; World War I, 30, 36; World War II, 49; post-World War II, 70, 125, 126 anti-Arab bias. See under spy novels anti-Semitism. See under Jews apocalypticism: Carter, Nick, 63; Christian , 118–122; Easterman, Daniel, 110–111; fictional plot, 2, 7, 9–11, 78, 98, 106, 148n17; Fleming, Ian, 11, 59, 63, 66; history of, 113–14; Hunter, James J., 119–20; Islamic, 2, 10, 109, 110–126; LaHaye, Tim, and Jerry Jenkins , 10, 122; Land, Jon, 118; Middle Eastern, 78, 98, 109; psychological implications , 7, 9, 109, 113; Rosenberg, Robert, 117–18. See also Armageddon; evangelical Christians; jihad; millennium ; World War III Arabia, 1, 21, 22, 48, 50, 52, 88, 90, 126 Arab-Israeli conflicts, 8, 50–51, 56, 66, 76, 84, 99, 106, 108–109, 124; peace process, 78, 89, 110–12, 115, 117–118, 123; second Intifada, 118; Six-Day War, 74–75, 81–82, 89, 98, 107, 120, 123; Suez War, 54, 59, 73, 82, 89, 107; War of 1973, 74, 82, 114. See also Arab nationalism; Israel, Israelis; jihad Index S p i e s a n d H o l y W a r s 202 Arab nationalism, 50, 52, 62, 70, 79 Arafat, Yasir, 55, 78, 121 Arbuthnot, Sandy (fictional character), 14–15, 24, 28–30, 126. See also Buchan, John Armageddon, 10, 110, 115, 118, 120, 122. See also apocalypticism; evangelical Christians; millennium; World War III Armenia, 20–21, 41, 43, 89, 91, 99 Aspler, Tony. See Pape, Gordon and Tony Aspler Assad, Hafez al-, 64, 144n2 Assassins, 38, 52, 111 Atlee, Philip, 62 Austria, 22, 26 Ayatollah. See Khomeini, Rouhollah Mousavi Bachman, Lawrence: Bitter Lake, 89 Baden-Powell, Robert, 26–27, 30 Baghdad, 20, 21, 45, 126, 134n15 Balfour, Arthur, 16 Balfour Declaration, 119 Balkans, 20, 43, 71, 99, 140n16 Baring, Evelyn, 41 Barnea, Daniella (fictional character), 118. See also Land, Jon Baruk, Bimbashi (fictional character), 45. See also Rohmer, Sax Barzun, Jacques, 65–66 Basra, 20, 21 Baudet, Henri, 86–87 Begin, Menachem, 111, 120 Beirut, 8, 79, 82; bombing, 78, 101 Bel Jahra, Ahmed (fictional character), 80. See also Albert, Marvin Bell, Gertrude, 21–22 Bell, L. Nelson, 120 Berlin, 21, 140n16 best-sellers, 3–4, 9–10, 54, 66, 67, 68, 83, 93, 96, 103, 107, 109, 121, 123, 148n17 Bhabha, Homi, 40 bin Ladin, Osama. See Ladin, Osama bin Black September, 76, 79 Blaise, Modesty (fictional character), 63–64, 81, 101, 138–39n41; as female James Bond, 63–64. See also O’Donnell, Peter Blake, George, 54 Bolan, Mack (fictional character), 93, 97–103, 105. See also Pendleton, Don Bond, James (fictional character), 4, 11, 25, 26, 32, 34, 48, 49, 50–67, 68, 72, 73, 96, 98, 99, 101, 102; American imitators , 62–64; and Buchan, John, 50, 54, 58–61; characteristics of, 61; criticism of, 65–66; female versions of, 63–64; male versions of, 64–65, 68, 77, 89, 93, 97, 100, 139n43; success, 64–67. See also Fleming, Ian Boucher, Anthony, 64, 66 Boy Scouts, 26–27, 30 boys’ literature, 12, 25–27, 31, 49, 53, 65–66, 94–95 British colonialism and imperialism, 15, 18, 37, 48, 50, 57–59. See also colonialism British Empire, fictional plots against: interwar period, 32–49; post-World War II, 50–67; World War I, 14–31, 126 British Naval Intelligence, 17, 22 British Secret Service, 15, 17, 24, 64, 65 Bronson, Charles: Death Wish, 93 Brown, Dan: Da Vinci Code, 122 Buchan, John, 14–31; and James Bond, 50, 54, 58–61; biography, 15–16, 20, 23, 26, 27–31, 32, 37, 45, 49, 66, 71, 88, 126, 130n2; Greenmantle, 14–16, 20, 23–25, 27–31, 37, 45, 46, 48, 50, 66, 94; Power House, 16; Thirty-Nine Steps, 15, 16, 30 Bullivant, Walter (fictional character), 14, 24, 28. See also Buchan...

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