Britain and Abyssinia : the forward view -- Mesopotamia in the official mind, before, during and after the First World War -- The politics of relief : British humanitarian aid to the Turk, 1876-7 -- "Casting out devils" : British military consuls in Turkey -- A spearhead of influence in the Near East : the New Levant Company and British commerce in the aftermath of war -- The Foreign Office and the issue of sacred space in Morocco, c1860 to 1970.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This book investigates the substructure of Britain's interests in the Near East and beyond during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Essays address themes in British power projection in a geographically wide area and highlight the network of Britons required to sustain the British presence in the Near East"--
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Ingram Content Group
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9781351042680
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Title
Outskirts of empire.
International Standard Book Number
9781138487598
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Diplomatic relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- General.