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

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. Winston S. Churchill, first as Secretary for War and Air, and then as Colonial Secretary, both for...

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Beteilige Person: Reguer, Sara 1943- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Boston, MA Academic Studies Press [2020]
Schriftenreihe:Israel: Society, Culture, and History
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9781644693346
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781644693346
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781644693346
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781644693346
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781644693346
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781644693346
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781644693346
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781644693346
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781644693346
Zusammenfassung: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. 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: conflicts in Israel, internal political upheavals in Iraq. The complicated historical intricacies of the postwar period combined with a variety of personal and political confrontations are at the core of Churchill's decisions and finally his parliamentary successes
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Nov 2020)
Umfang:1 online resource (238 pages)
ISBN:9781644693346
DOI:10.1515/9781644693346