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Learning from the history of British interventions in the Middle East / Louise Kettle.
LIBRA DS63.2.G7 K48 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kettle, Louise, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intervention (International law).
- History, Military.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--Middle East.
- Great Britain.
- International relations.
- Middle East.
- Great Britain--History, Military--20th century.
- Great Britain--History, Military--21st century.
- Middle East--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Genre:
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- 1 Learning from History p. 3
- Learning from History in Whitehall p. 3
- Politicians Learning from History p. 8
- Learning from the History of Military Interventions p. 9
- How Do We Learn? p. 13
- What is Learning from History? p. 15
- Who Learns from History? p. 16
- The Learning Process p. 18
- Learning from the History of British Interventions in the Middle East p. 21
- 2 No End of a Lesson - Suez 1956 p. 24
- Planning the Intervention p. 26
- During the Intervention p. 35
- After the Intervention p. 43
- Musketeer Learning p. 55
- 3 More like Korea - Jordan 1958 p. 60
- Planning the Intervention p. 63
- During the Intervention p. 70
- After the Intervention p. 80
- Fortitude Learning p. 86
- 4 Suez in Reverse - Kuwait 1961 p. 90
- Planning the Intervention p. 92
- During the Intervention p. 103
- After the Intervention p. 113
- Vantage Learning p. 123
- 5 A Re-Run of Port Stanley - The Gulf 1990-1 p. 129
- Planning the Intervention p. 131
- During the Intervention p. 146
- After the Intervention p. 158
- Granby Learning p. 165
- 6 Afghanistan Part Two - Iraq 2003-9 p. 169
- Planning the Intervention p. 171
- During the Intervention p. 182
- After the Intervention p. 194
- Telic Learning p. 205
- 7 Failing History or Lessons Learned? p. 209
- Learning from History since Iraq p. 218.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 1474437958
- 9781474437950
- OCLC:
- 1039911210
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