LEADER 03227nam 22005171 450 001 9910150290603321 005 20160114064316.0 010 $a1-78831-933-8 010 $a0-85773-714-7 024 7 $a10.5040/9781788319331 035 $a(CKB)3710000000942927 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4743567 035 $a(OCoLC)1140163141 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09264736 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000942927 100 $a20200131h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aChurchill and the Islamic world $eOrientalism, empire and diplomacy in the Middle East /$fWarren Dockter 205 $aNew hardback edition. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cI.B. Tauris & Co Ltd,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) $cillustrations, photographs 311 $a1-78076-818-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 339-351) and index. 327 $aList 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. 330 $a"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. 606 $aColonialism & imperialism$2BIC 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zIndia 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zIslamic countries 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zMiddle East 607 $aIndia$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 607 $aIslamic countries$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 607 $aMiddle East$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 615 7$aColonialism & imperialism. 676 $a941.084092 700 $aDockter$b Warren$01244313 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910150290603321 996 $aChurchill and the Islamic world$92886590 997 $aUNINA