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The Logistics and Politics of the British Campaigns in the Middle East, 1914-22

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Studies in Military and Strategic History (SMSH)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
      Pages 1-10
  3. Part I

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
    2. The Political Economy of Empire before 1914

      • Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
      Pages 13-39
    3. Expansion of the Campaigns, 1915–16

      • Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
      Pages 40-62
    4. Intensification of Wartime Control, 1917–18

      • Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
      Pages 63-78
  4. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
    2. Deepening the Colonial State

      • Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
      Pages 81-107
    3. Mobilisation of Labour for Logistical Units

      • Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
      Pages 108-139
    4. Extraction of Agricultural Resources

      • Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
      Pages 140-170
  5. Part III

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
    2. Post-War Backlash and Imperial Readjustment, 1919–22

      • Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
      Pages 173-196
  6. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion

      • Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
      Pages 197-201
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 202-262

About this book

An examination of how the logistical demands of the British military campaigns in Palestine and Mesopotamia led to a more intrusive and authoritarian form of imperial control in 1917-18. This early example of Western military intervention in the Middle East provoked a localized backlash in 1919-20 whose effects continue to be felt today.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

    Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

About the author

KRISTIAN COATES ULRICHSEN is Deputy Director of the Kuwait Research Programme on Development, Governance and Globalisation in the Gulf States, based at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, and his research focuses on the history and politics of the Arabian Peninsula and Iraq.

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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