LEADER 03403nam 22005531 450 001 9910136586003321 005 20190805122224.0 010 $a1-350-98557-0 010 $a0-85772-933-0 024 7 $a10.5040/9781350985575 035 $a(CKB)3710000000894350 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4717272 035 $a(OCoLC)960976610 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09263675 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9781350985575BC 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000894350 100 $a20190814d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aBritain and the Arab Middle East $eWorld War I and its aftermath /$fRobert H Lieshout 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aLondon :$cI.B. Tauris,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (389 pages) $cillustrations, maps 300 $aCompliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily. 311 $a1-78453-583-4 311 $a0-85772-729-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 330 $a"The profound effects of the British Empire's actions in the Arab World during the First World War can be seen echoing through the history of the 20th century. The uprising sparked by the Husayn-McMahon correspondence and led by 'Lawrence of Arabia'; the Sykes-Picot agreement which undermined that rebellion; and memoranda such as the Balfour Declaration all have shaped the Middle East into forms which would have been unrecognizable to the diplomats of the 19th century. Undertaken during the First 'World' War, these actions were not part of a coordinated British strategy, but in fact directed by several overlapping and competing departments, some imperfectly referred to as the 'Arab Bureau'. The British and the Middle East is unique in its comprehensive treatment of how and why the British generals and diplomats acted as they did. By taking as his starting point the voluminous, contradictory and revealing records of the policy-makers in the British government, Robert H. Lieshout shows convincingly that many concerned with foreign policy making were quite oblivious to the history and complexities of the Islamic World.Covering the full sweep of British involvement in Arabia, Lieshout makes a lasting contribution to our understanding of the period in which the British Empire changed the world, and shows how shallow and confused the understanding of those that shaped the future of the Middle East really was."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 606 $aInternational relations 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$zArab countries 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$zGreat Britain 606 $2Colonialism & imperialism 607 $aArab countries$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zArab countries 615 0$aInternational relations. 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918 676 $a940.415 676 $a940.415 700 $aLieshout$b R. H.$0910161 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136586003321 996 $aBritain and the Arab Middle East$92799018 997 $aUNINA