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Outskirts Of Empire: Studies In British Power Projection

By John Fisher

Book information

Publisher
Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
Year
2019
ISBN
135104270X, 9781351042703, 1351042688, 9781351042680, 1351042696, 9781351042697, 135104267X, 9781351042673
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3736825 bytes)
Series
Empires In Perspective
Pages
193\225
Topic
Other Social Sciences\\Politics: International Relations
Time added
2019-11-20 01:31:36
Diplomatic RelationsGreat BritainGreat Britain: Foreign Relations: 19th CenturyGreat Britain: Foreign Relations: 20th CenturyGreat Britain: Foreign Relations: Middle EastMiddle EastMiddle East: Foreign Relations: Great Britain

Description

"This book investigates the substructure of Britain's interests in the Near East and beyond during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Essays address themes in British power projection in a geographically wide area and highlight the network of Britons required to sustain the British presence in the Near East"-- Britain and Abyssinia : the forward view -- Mesopotamia in the official mind, before, during and after the First World War -- The politics of relief : British humanitarian aid to the Turk, 1876-7 -- "Casting out devils" : British military consuls in Turkey -- A spearhead of influence in the Near East : the New Levant Company and British commerce in the aftermath of war -- The Foreign Office and the issue of sacred space in Morocco, c1860 to 1970.

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