Proconsul to the Middle East : Sir Percy Cox and the end of empire /: Sir Percy Cox and the end of empire. (2010)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Proconsul to the Middle East : Sir Percy Cox and the end of empire /: Sir Percy Cox and the end of empire. (2010)
- Main Title:
- Proconsul to the Middle East : Sir Percy Cox and the end of empire
- Further Information:
- Note: John Townsend.
- Other Names:
- Townsend, John, 1928-
- Contents:
- Cover13; -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Note on Transliteration -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Prologue -- Basra, November 1914 -- 1. The Man and the Imperial Prerogative, 1864-1913 -- 2. The Stage: The Evolution of British Policy in the Persian Gulf and "Turkish Arabia", 1913-1918 -- 3. Adviser, Diplomat, Administrator: Chief Political Officer and Civil Commissioner, Mesopotamia, 1914-1918 -- 4. Essay in Futility (I): Acting Minister to Persia, 1918-1920 -- 5. Essay in Futility (II): Military Government in Iraq, 1918-1920 -- 6. Peace-making and Statecraft: High Commissioner in Iraq, 1920-1923 -- Epilogue: The Last Years, 1923-1937 -- Endnotes -- Selected Bibliography -- Untitled.
- Publisher Details:
- London : I.B. Tauris
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xx, 232 pages), illustrations, map
- Subjects:
- 956.7041092
Colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography
Colonial administrators -- Iraq -- Biography
HISTORY -- General
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical
Colonial administrators
Politics and government
Iraq -- History -- Revolt, 1920
Iraq -- History -- Hashemite Kingdom, 1921-1958
Iraq -- Politics and government -- 1921-1958
Great Britain
Iraq
Electronic books
Biography
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781441676771
1441676775
9780857715937
0857715933 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781848851344
1848851340 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-224) and index.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.412618
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