Winston S. Churchill and the Shaping of the Middle East, 1919-1922

A sweeping examination of how Winston S. Churchill, first as Secretary for War and Air, and then as Colonial Secretary, both formulated and enacted the British imperial mandate policy for Iraq and Palestine, thereby laying the groundwork for issues that are still relevant today including conflicts in Israel and internal political upheavals in Iraq.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Winston S. Churchill and the Middle East
Chapter 2: Great Britain and the Middle East
Chapter 3: Secretary of State for War and Air
Chapter 4: Middle East Dilemmas
Chapter 5: Secretary of State for the Colonies
Chapter 6: The Cairo Conference of 1921
Chapter 7: Approval of Parliament
Chapter 8: Slow Progress
Chapter 9: No Progress
Chapter 10: Iraq: From Stalemate to Solution
Chapter 11: Policy for Palestine
Chapter 12: Summary and Conclusion

About the author

Sara Reguer is Professor of History in the Department of Judaic Studies at Brooklyn College. She earned her Ph.D. from Columbia University in Middle East history. She has published on a variety of topics, both scholarly and popular, including articles on Winston Churchill during World War I. She currently lives in New York, NY. 

Summary

Can one person influence the course of history? The subject of this book concludes that in the example of Churchill and the Middle East in the post-World War I period, the answer is in the affirmative.

Product details

• Authors: Sara Reguer
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9781644693339
• ISBN: 978-1-64469-333-9
• No. of pages: 238
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 351 g
• Series: Israel: Society, Culture, and; Israel: Society, Culture, and History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education