Churchill and the Islamic World
Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East
Seiten
2015
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-78076-818-2 (ISBN)
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-78076-818-2 (ISBN)
The first book to Reveal what Winston Churchill really thought of the Middle East, and to show how he shaped it.
Winston Churchill began his career as a junior officer and war correspondent in the North West borderlands of British India, and this experience was the beginning of his long relationship with the Islamic world. Overturning the widely-accepted consensus that Churchill was indifferent to, and even contemptuous of, matters concerning the Middle East, this book unravels Churchill's nuanced understanding of the edges of the British Empire. Warren Dockter analyses the future Prime Minister's experiences of the East, including his work as Colonial Under-Secretary in the early 1900s, his relations with the Ottomans and conduct during the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915-16, his arguments with David Lloyd- George over Turkey, and his pragmatic support of Syria and Saudi Arabia during World War II.Challenging the popular depiction of Churchill as an ignorant imperialist when it came to the Middle East, Dockter suggests that his policy making was often more informed and relatively progressive when compared to the Orientalist prejudices of many of his contemporaries.
Winston Churchill began his career as a junior officer and war correspondent in the North West borderlands of British India, and this experience was the beginning of his long relationship with the Islamic world. Overturning the widely-accepted consensus that Churchill was indifferent to, and even contemptuous of, matters concerning the Middle East, this book unravels Churchill's nuanced understanding of the edges of the British Empire. Warren Dockter analyses the future Prime Minister's experiences of the East, including his work as Colonial Under-Secretary in the early 1900s, his relations with the Ottomans and conduct during the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915-16, his arguments with David Lloyd- George over Turkey, and his pragmatic support of Syria and Saudi Arabia during World War II.Challenging the popular depiction of Churchill as an ignorant imperialist when it came to the Middle East, Dockter suggests that his policy making was often more informed and relatively progressive when compared to the Orientalist prejudices of many of his contemporaries.
Warren Dockter is Research Fellow at Churchill College, University of Cambridge. He has written widely on Winston Churchill and received his PhD in History from the University of Nottingham.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Early Encounters
Of Oil and Ottomans
Churchill : Minister of War and Air
Churchill at the Colonial Office
The Legacy of the Cairo Conference
The Twenties and Thirties
Churchill, the Middle East, and India during World War II
The Postwar World
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.3.2015 |
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Zusatzinfo | 14 bw in 8pp plates |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 655 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
ISBN-10 | 1-78076-818-4 / 1780768184 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-78076-818-2 / 9781780768182 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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