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Author : David Kenneth Fieldhouse
Release : 2008
Genre : Anti-imperialist movements
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Book Synopsis Western Imperialism in the Middle East 1914-1958 by : David Kenneth Fieldhouse
Download or read book Western Imperialism in the Middle East 1914-1958 written by David Kenneth Fieldhouse. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : D. K. Fieldhouse
Release : 2006-04-06
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Western Imperialism in the Middle East 1914-1958 by : D. K. Fieldhouse
Download or read book Western Imperialism in the Middle East 1914-1958 written by D. K. Fieldhouse. This book was released on 2006-04-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work attempts to explain why the Middle East is a major focus for international conflict, looking at the period after 1914, when the Ottoman Empire was defeated and its provinces taken over by Britain and France and ending in 1958 when the Iraqi revolution finally ended British influence on the area.
Author : Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Release : 2014-06-15
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The First World War in the Middle East by : Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Download or read book The First World War in the Middle East written by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen. This book was released on 2014-06-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The First World War in the Middle East is an accessibly written military and social history of the clash of world empires in the Dardanelles, Egypt and Palestine, Mesopotamia, Persia and the Caucasus. Coates Ulrichsen demonstrates how wartime exigencies shaped the parameters of the modern Middle East, and describes and assesses the major campaigns against the Ottoman Empire and Germany involving British and imperial troops from the French and Russian Empires, as well as their Arab and Armenian allies. Also documented are the enormous logistical demands placed on host societies by the Great Powers' conduct of industrialised warfare in hostile terrain. The resulting deepening of imperial penetration, and the extension of state controls across a heterogeneous sprawl of territories, generated a powerful backlash both during and immediately after the war, which played a pivotal role in shaping national identities as the Ottoman Empire was dismembered. This is a multidimensional account of the many seemingly discrete yet interlinked campaigns that resulted in one to one and a half million casualties. It details not just their military outcome but relates them to intelligence-gathering, industrial organisation, authoritarianism and the political economy of empires at war.
Author : C. A. Bayly
Release : 2018-07-17
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Remaking the Modern World 1900 - 2015 by : C. A. Bayly
Download or read book Remaking the Modern World 1900 - 2015 written by C. A. Bayly. This book was released on 2018-07-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel and companion volume to C.A. Bayly's ground-breaking The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914, this wide-ranging and sophisticated study explores global history since the First World War, offering a coherent, comparative overview of developments in politics, economics, and society at large. Written by one of the leading historians of his generation, an early intellectual leader in the study of World History Weaves a clear narrative history that explores the themes of politics, economics, social, cultural, and intellectual life throughout the long twentieth century Identifies the themes of state, capital, and communication as key drivers of change on a global scale in the last century, and explores the impact of those ideas Interrogates whether warfare was really the pre-eminent driving force of twentieth-century history, and what other ideas shaped the course of history in this period Explores the causes behind the resurgence of local conflict, rather than global-scale conflict, in the years since the turn of the millennium Delves into the narrative of inequality, a story that has shaped and been shaped by the events of the last hundred years Part of The Blackwell History of the World Series The goal of this ambitious series is to provide an accessible source of knowledge about the entire human past, for every curious person in every part of the world. It will comprise some two dozen volumes, of which some provide synoptic views of the history of particular regions while others consider the world as a whole during a particular period of time. The volumes are narrative in form, giving balanced attention to social and cultural history (in the broadest sense) as well as to institutional development and political change. Each provides a systematic account of a very large subject, but they are also both imaginative and interpretative. The Series is intended to be accessible to the widest possible readership, and the accessibility of its volumes is matched by the style of presentation and production.
Author : Mark Doyle
Release : 2018-06-29
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The British Empire [2 volumes] by : Mark Doyle
Download or read book The British Empire [2 volumes] written by Mark Doyle. This book was released on 2018-06-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential starting point for anyone wanting to learn about life in the largest empire in history, this two-volume work encapsulates the imperial experience from the 16th–21st centuries. From early sixteenth-century explorations to the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, the British Empire controlled outposts on every continent, spreading its people and ideas across the globe and profiting mightily in the process. The present state of our world—from its increasing interconnectedness to its vast inequalities and from the successful democracies of North America to the troubled regimes of Africa and the Middle East—can be traced, in large part, to the way in which Great Britain expanded and controlled its empire. The British Empire: A Historical Encyclopedia addresses a broader range of topics than do most other surveys of the empire, covering not only major political and military developments but also topics that have only recently come to serious scholarly attention, such as women's and gender history, art and architecture, indigenous histories and perspectives, and the construction of colonial knowledge and ideologies. By going beyond the "headline" events of the British Empire, this captivating work communicates the British imperial experience in its totality.
