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
• 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.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.