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1 online resource (381 pages) |
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Curzon and British Imperialism in the Middle East 1916-19; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; List of Appendices; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Playing Babylon against Byzantium; 2 The Mesopotamian Administration Committee; 3 Arabian Matters; 4 Britain, Mesopotamia and the Middle East, 1918; 5 The War for Mastery of Asia; 6 From the Turkish Armistice to the Foreign Office: 'All the Pieces on the Table'; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
John Fisher explores the acquisitive thinking which, from the autumn of 1914, drove the Mesopotamian Expedition, and examines the political issues, international and imperial, delegated to a War Cabinet committee under Lord Curzon. The motives of Curzon and others in attempting to obtain a privileged political position in the Hejaz are studied in the context of inter-Allied suspicions and Turkish intrigues in the Arabian Peninsula. This is a penetrating study of war imperialism, when statesmen contemplated strong measures of control in several areas of the Middle East |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess, 1859-1925
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| SUBJECT |
Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess, 1859-1925 fast |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Diplomatic relations
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Middle East -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1901-1936.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056714
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Great Britain
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Middle East
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136318801 |
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1136318801 |
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