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Author | : Glencairn Balfour Paul |
Publisher | : I.B. Tauris |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2005-12-20 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781845111519 |
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With rich anecdotal detail and enjoyable witty style, this is an autobiography of a distinguished diplomat that provides new insights into the background of Middle Eastern diplomacy in the twentieth century. "Saddam seized me by the shoulders and marched me by his side in a sort of embrace, saying, 'Can't you British understand that there is nothing in the world I detest more than a Russian Communist - except an Iraqi one? Get that through to your stupid Government.'" That was late 1969 as Iraq was tilting towards Moscow during the Cold War. The occasion was the author's first audience with Saddam. In his long and distinguished career in the Arab world, Glencairn Balfour Paul witnessed momentous changes in the region. "Bagpipes in Babylon" describes the colourful experiences of his working life including his acquaintance with Wilfred Thesiger, his friendship in Beirut with Kim Philby, and his close relations with King Hussein of Jordan. Following retirement, he embarked on a second career in academia and his travels continued. "Bagpipes in Babylon' is a rich and entertaining account of a lifetime in the Arab world, and beyond.
Author | : Helene von Bismarck |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 373 |
Release | : 2013-03-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1137326727 |
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An in-depth analysis of Great Britain's policy in the oil-rich Persian Gulf region during the last years of British imperialism in the area, covering the period from the independence of Kuwait to the decision of the Wilson Government to withdraw from the Gulf.
Author | : Jenny Balfour-Paul |
Publisher | : Medina Publishing |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : 1909339709 |
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"Set on the edges of time, this intriguing odyssey, part biography, part memoir and part historical detective story, has a magical extra dimension. Tracking Thomas, an elusive young man of the past, the author follows him out of the British Library to the China Seas and remote islands of Polynesia, to Indias plantation lands in the days of the British Raj, and through the deserts of Arabia. Finding she is often in her own footsteps too, can she span what seems an unbridgeable gap between the known and the unknown and solve a mystery? A unique and enthralling love story."--Publisher's website
Author | : William Henry Grattan Flood |
Publisher | : London : The Walter Scott Publishing Company, Limited ; New York : C. Scribner's Sons |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Bagpipe |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : William Henry Grattan Flood |
Publisher | : Рипол Классик |
Total Pages | : 265 |
Release | : |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1176344226 |
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Author | : Ben Macintyre |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2014-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1408851725 |
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From bestselling author Ben Macintyre, the true untold story of history's most famous traitor
Author | : Tancred Bradshaw |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2019-10-31 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1838600876 |
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With the end of the British Raj in 1947, the Foreign Office replaced the Government of India as the department responsible for the Persian Gulf, and would proceed to manage relations with the Trucial States (now the United Arab Emirates, UAE) until British withdrawal in 1971. This work is a comprehensive history of British policy in the region during that period, situated for the first time in its broad historical and political context. Tancred Bradshaw – an academic historian with extensive experience in the region – sheds light onto the discovery of oil in Abu Dhabi in the 1950s, Foreign Office attempts to instigate a long-term development policy in the region, the slow end of the British Empire, the origins of the UAE and – most importantly – the British legacy in this geopolitically crucial region today. The book relies on 40,000 pages of archival material, much of it previously unused, and will be of interest to Imperial historians, as well as anyone working on the history and politics of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf.
Author | : Philip Mansel |
Publisher | : John Murray |
Total Pages | : 730 |
Release | : 2010-11-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1848544626 |
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Levant is a book of cities. It describes the role of Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut as windows on the world, escapes from nationality and tradition, centres of wealth, pleasure and freedom. By their mix of races and religions, they challenge stereotypes. France and Britain liberated the area through their schools, while conquering it through arms. They were not only manipulators but manipulated, often invited in by local factions. Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut were both pacifiers and stimulants of nationalism. Nasser was born in Alexandria, Smyrna and Beirut became centres of Turkish and Arab nationalism. Using unpublished family papers Philip Mansel describes their colourful, contradictory history, from the beginning of the French alliance with the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century to their decline in the mid twentieth century. Smyrna was burnt; Alexandria Egyptianised; Beirut lacerated by civil war. Levant is the first history in English of these cities in the modern age. Levant is also a challenge from history. It is about ourselves; it shows how Muslims, Christians and Jews live together in cities. Levantine compromises, putting deals befor ideals, pragmatism before ideology, made these cities work, until states reclaimed them for nationalism. Smyrna, Alexandria and Beirut have a message for today. The new Levantine cities of the twenty-first century, with comparable mixes of races and religions, are London, Paris and New York.
Author | : Kristi Barnwell |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 211 |
Release | : 2024-04-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1838605290 |
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December 2, 1971 ushered the United Arab Emirates into existence and marked the end of one hundred fifty years of British protection of the Arab states of the Gulf. Today, the UAE projects an image of modernity and prosperity; but before its formation, the emirates endured poverty and political upheaval while the rulers and people navigated the transition from autonomous city-states to modern nation states under informal British rule. This book shows how the Trucial States came to form a sovereign federation, paying particular attention to the role of nationalism and anti-imperialism. Kristi Barnwell demonstrates that the ruling sheikhs of the Gulf Arab rulers in the Gulf strove to create their new state with close ties to Great Britain, which provided technical, military and administrative assistance to the emirates, while also publicly embracing the popular ideologies of anti-imperialism and Arab socialism that were still dominating the political discourse in the Arab world. In the process, she situates the Emirates' modern history in the broader narratives of the history of the Middle East. The research draws on primary source materials from British and American government archives, speeches, and government publications from the Arab Emirates, as well as memoirs and secondary sources.
Author | : Verl K. Speer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Justice |
ISBN | : |
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