Overview
- Focuses on a relatively unknown period of Egyptian history
- Sheds need light on the workings of the British Empire
- Uses unpublished archival sources to put forth new evidence
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book covers the tenure of Kitchener as Proconsul in Egypt in the years preceding the First World War. Based mostly on unpublished sources – including government records and private papers – it not only fills a gap in the life and career of Kitchener, the most famous soldier in Britain since Wellington, but it also deals with an important but practically unknown period in Egyptian history. George Cassar shows Kitchener to be an ardent imperialist, but one who had a sense of responsibility to the country he governed. Exchanging his field marshal’s uniform for the dress of a statesman, he arrived in Egypt when British prestige was at a low point on account of his predecessor’s policies. He restored political stability, created conditions that bolstered the economy, and introduced a wave of reforms. Kitchener as Proconsul of Egypt, 1911-1914 reveals how Kitchener’s interest extended beyond Egypt, and how throughout these years he worked quietly to prepare theground in an attempt to create an Arab Empire under Britain’s suzerainty.
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About the author
George Cassar is Professor of Modern European and Military History at Eastern Michigan University, US. His many books on the First World War include Lloyd George as War Leader, 1916-1918 and Trial by Gas: The British Army at the Second Battle of Ypres.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Kitchener as Proconsul of Egypt, 1911-1914
Authors: George.H. Cassar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39363-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39362-9Published: 12 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81876-4Published: 27 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39363-6Published: 03 October 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 254
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of North Africa, History of Britain and Ireland, History of the Middle East, Imperialism and Colonialism, History of Military