The Arab Bureau : British policy in the Middle East, 1916-1920 / Bruce Westrate
by Westrate, Bruce
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University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 1992. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 240 pp.: illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Contents; Introduction : Images of the Arab Bureau -- Flawed foundations -- Profile of a ""brilliant constellation"" -- Growing pains : the Hajj, Rabegh, and Monsieur Bremond -- The way of wrong impressions : the Arab Bureau and the Raj -- Wrapping bananas : the Arab Bureau's propaganda dimension -- A stake in disorder : in pursuit of Arabian balance -- Discordant mosaic : the Bureau and Arab unity -- ""Un fait accompli"" : the Bureau, the French, and Syria -- Unease in a promised land : the Arab Bureau and Palestine -- Demise and eclipse -- Conclusion : Triumph of perversity. Subjects; Arab Bureau (Cairo, Egypt). Politics and Government. Middle East Foreign relations Great Britain.
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- Title
- The Arab Bureau : British policy in the Middle East, 1916-1920 / Bruce Westrate
- Author
- Westrate, Bruce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 027100794X
- ISBN 13
- 9780271007946
- Publisher
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press
- Place of Publication
- University Park, Pa
- Date Published
- 1992
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