British Policy In Mesopotamia 1903-1914 (St. Antony's Middle East Monographs)
Publisher: Ithaca
Published: March 30, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780863723254
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; British & Irish history: from c 1900 -; Central government policies; International relations; c 1900 - c 1914; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Mesopotamia; United Kingdom, Great Britain; International Relations - General
Description: "British imperial interests in Iraq during and after the First World War are well known and have often been studied. But what of British policy towards the Mesopotamian provinces before 1914? In this well-documented study, Stuart Cohen provides the first coherent account of growing British interest in these provinces, in which the defence of India, commercial considerations, the protection of Shia Muslim pilgrims and fear of a German-dominated Berlin to Baghdad railway all had a vital role to play. First published in 1976 and now available in paperback for the first time, this book is essential reading not only for an understanding of the making of British policy towards the Arab provinces of the Ottoman empire but also of the last days of Turkish rule in Iraq itself."--Publisher description.