LEADER 03034nam 22005171 450 001 9910798138803321 005 20200124110340.0 010 $a0-85773-913-1 010 $a0-7556-0897-6 010 $a0-85772-549-1 024 7 $a10.5040/9780755608973 035 $a(CKB)3710000000615757 035 $a(EBL)4443995 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4443995 035 $a(OCoLC)1140150330 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09264814 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000615757 100 $a20200131d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aWorld War I in Mesopotamia $ethe British and the Ottomans in Iraq /$fby Nadia Atia 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cI.B. Tauris,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78453-146-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $a"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. 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$zIraq 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns 606 $a20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000$2BIC 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918$xCampaigns. 615 7$a20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000. 676 $a940.40941 700 $aAtia$b Nadia$01536661 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798138803321 996 $aWorld War I in Mesopotamia$93785514 997 $aUNINA