Learning from the history of British interventions in the Middle East / / Louise Kettle [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Kettle Louise
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2018
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 296 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 327.4105609034
• Soggetto topico: Biography & Autobiography
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Foreign relations Middle East; Middle East Foreign relations Great Britain; Great Britain History, Military 20th century; Great Britain History, Military 21st century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Biographies
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 May 2021).
• Nota di contenuto: Intro; Acknowledgements; 1 Learning from History; Learning from History in Whitehall; Politicians Learning from History; Learning from the History of Military Interventions; How Do We Learn?; What is Learning from History?; Who Learns from History?; The Learning Process; Learning from the History of British Interventions in the Middle East; 2 No End of a Lesson -- Suez 1956; Planning the Intervention; During the Intervention; After the Intervention; Musketeer Learning; 3 More like Korea -- Jordan 1958; Planning the Intervention; During the Intervention; After the Intervention. ; Fortitude Learning4 Suez in Reverse -- Kuwait 1961; Planning the Intervention; During the Intervention; After the Intervention; Vantage Learning; 5 A Re-Run of Port Stanley -- The Gulf 1990-1; Planning the Intervention; During the Intervention; After the Intervention; Granby Learning; 6 Afghanistan Part Two -- Iraq 2003-9; Planning the Intervention; During the Intervention; After the Intervention; Telic Learning; 7 Failing History or Lessons Learned?; Learning from History since Iraq; Conclusion; Notes; Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on a wealth of previously unseen documents, sourced by Freedom of Information requests, together with interviews with government and intelligence agency officials, Louise Kettle questions whether the British government has learned anything from its military interventions in the Middle East, from the 1950s to the 2016 Iraq Inquiry report.
• Titolo autorizzato: Learning from the history of British interventions in the Middle East
• ISBN: 1-4744-3798-2; 1-4744-3797-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996472052103316
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