Churchill and the Islamic world : Orientalism, empire and diplomacy in the Middle East / Warren Dockter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dockter, Warren, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965--Knowledge--Middle East.

Churchill, Winston.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--India.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Islamic countries.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Middle East.

India--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

India.

Islamic countries--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Islamic countries.

Middle East--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, photographs

Edition:

New hardback edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, 2015.

Summary:

"Winston Churchill began his career as a junior officer and war correspondent in the North West borderlands of British India, and this experience was the beginning of his long relationship with the Islamic world. Overturning the widely-accepted consensus that Churchill was indifferent to, and even contemptuous of, matters concerning the Middle East, this book unravels Churchill's nuanced understanding of the edges of the British Empire. Warren Dockter analyses the future Prime Minister's experiences of the East, including his work as Colonial Under-Secretary in the early 1900s, his relations with the Ottomans and conduct during the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915-16, his arguments with David Lloyd- George over Turkey, and his pragmatic support of Syria and Saudi Arabia during World War II. Challenging the popular depiction of Churchill as an ignorant imperialist when it came to the Middle East, Dockter suggests that his policy making was often more informed and relatively progressive when compared to the Orientalist prejudices of many of his contemporaries."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Early Encounters

Of Oil and Ottomans

Churchill : Minister of War and Air

Churchill at the Colonial Office

The Legacy of the Cairo Conference

The Twenties and Thirties

Churchill, the Middle East, and India during World War II

The Postwar World

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-351) and index.

ISBN:

9781788319331

1788319338

9780857737144

0857737147

OCLC:

1140163141