World War I in Mesopotamia : the British and the Ottomans in Iraq / by Nadia Atia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atia, Nadia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Iraq.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2015.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"The Mesopotamian campaign during World War I was a critical moment in Britain's position in the Middle East. With British and British Indian troops fighting in places which have become well-known in the wake of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, such as Basra, the campaign led to the establishment of the British Mandate in Iraq in 1921. Nadia Atia believes that in order to fully understand Britain's policies in creating the nascent state of Iraq, we must first look at how the war shaped Britons' conceptions of the region. Atia does this through a cultural and military history of the changing British perceptions of Mesopotamia since the period before World War I when it was under Ottoman rule. Drawing on a wide variety of historical and literary sources, including the writing of key figures such as Gertrude Bell, Mark Sykes and Arnold Wilson, but focusing mainly on the views and experiences of ordinary men and women whose stories and experiences of the war have less frequently been told, Atia examines the cultural and social legacy of World War I in the Middle East and how this affected British attempts to exert influence in the region."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1: Mesopotamia in the British Imagination, 1907-1914

Chapter 2: The Mesopotamian Campaign, 1914-1916

Chapter 3: The Siege of Kut and its Aftermath in Britain

Chapter 4: The Mesopotamian Campaign, 1916-1918

Chapter 5: From Armistice to Coronation, 1918-1921

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780857739131

0857739131

9780755608973

0755608976

9780857725493

0857725491

OCLC:

1140150330