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Churchill and the Islamic World - Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East (Paperback)
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Churchill and the Islamic World - Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East (Paperback)
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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.
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