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Autore |
Cohen Stuart <1946-> |
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Titolo |
British policy in Mesopotamia, 1903-1914 [[electronic resource] /] / Stuart A. Cohen |
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Reading, UK, : Ithaca Press, c2008 |
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0-86372-465-5 |
1-281-78596-2 |
9786611785963 |
1-4356-7282-8 |
0-86372-355-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st pbk. ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (282 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Great Britain Foreign relations Turkey |
Turkey Foreign relations Great Britain |
Great Britain Foreign relations 1901-1910 |
Great Britain Foreign relations 1910-1936 |
Iraq History 1534-1921 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-258) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Guide to Abbreviations Used in Citations; Maps; Introduction; Part One The Foundation of Policy, 1903-1907; 1 The Absence of Policy, 1903; 2 The Context of Policy; 3 The Formulation of Policy; Part Two The Implementation of Policy, 1907-1910; 4 The Criteria of Decision-Making; 5 The Implications of Decision-Making; 6 The Method of Decision-Making; Part Three The Modification of Policy, 1910-1914; 7 The Pressures on Strategy; 8 The Modification of Strategy; 9 The Significance of Strategy; 10 Epilogue to Policy: The Genesis of I.E.F. ''D''; 11 Conclusion |
BibliographyBiographical Appendix; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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- |
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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 |
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