Britain, Egypt, and Iraq during World War II

The Decline of Imperial Power in the Middle East

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Av Stefanie Wichhart, USA) Wichhart, Stefanie (University of Niagara

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This book explores the tumultuous war years through the lens of the British Embassies in Cairo and Baghdad, demonstrating the role that the Second World War played in shaping the political and social map of the contemporary Middle East. The war served as a catalyst for seismic changes in Arab society and the emergence of new movements that provided powerful critiques of British intervention and of the governments that facilitated it, making the war a critical turning point in Britain’s empire in the Middle East.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-03-23
Mått150 x 232 x 16 mm
Vikt720 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor240
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9780755644193

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In this meticulously-researched synthesis of wartime local politics and imperialism, Stefanie Wichhart offers a groundbreaking new study of Britain’s relations with Egypt and Iraq at a pivotal moment in the history of the British Empire and the Middle East. In a lucid and captivating narrative, she focuses on the relations between Britain’s embassies in both countries and the other agents of British power, such as the military and propaganda and publicity specialists, and the local politicians with whom and often against whom they worked. While the former sought to entrench Britain’s waning power during a global conflict and secure its position in the post-war world, the latter struggled to pursue national objectives from within dysfunctional political systems that spoke of their countries positions as neither colonies nor yet fully independent nation-states.