Abstract

This chapter provides an account of Norman Anderson’s participation in World War II and his influence on Britain’s approach to the ‘Libyan Question’. It places Anderson’s involvement in Britain’s intelligence services and his organization of covert operations amongst prominent Libyan exiles in its cultural, religious and political contexts and shows how Anderson’s wartime experience shaped his views of Arab nationalism and provided him a degree of prestige in the Arab world. During the war, Anderson partnered with members of the Sanusi Order, a Sufi Muslim order popular in North Africa. After the war, he helped advocate for an independent Libyan state under British protection with the head of the Sanusi Order serving as head of state in a constitutional monarchy.

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