03004nam 22005051 450 991051173900332120200124110340.00-7556-0897-60-85772-549-110.5040/9780755608973(CKB)3710000000615757(EBL)4443995(MiAaPQ)EBC4443995(OCoLC)1140150330(UtOrBLW)bpp09264814(EXLCZ)99371000000061575720200131d2015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierWorld War I in Mesopotamia the British and the Ottomans in Iraq /by Nadia AtiaFirst edition.London ;New York :I.B. Tauris,2015.1 online resource (217 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78453-146-4 Includes bibliographical references.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."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.World War, 1914-1918IraqWorld War, 1914-1918Campaigns20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000BICWorld War, 1914-1918World War, 1914-1918Campaigns.20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000.940.40941Atia Nadia1068051UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910511739003321World War I in Mesopotamia2552473UNINA