description: This collection of essays cover the period from Lord Palmerston's time at the Foreign Office in the 1830s until Balfours's years as foreign secretary. The overall theme of the book is how Britain sought to protect and advance its Middle Eastern interests as the Ottoman Empire declined.
language: English
title: From Palmerston to Balfour: Collected Essays of Mayir Verete
titlecomplete: From Palmerston to Balfour: Collected Essays of Mayir Verete
publisher: Routledge