Churchill and the Islamic World - 9781788319249

Churchill and the Islamic WorldOrientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East\nAuthor(s): Warren Dockter\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: I.B. Tauris\nISBN-13: 9781788319249, 978-1788319249\nSynopsis\nWinston Churchill began his career as a junior officer and war correspondent in the North West borderlands of British India, and this experience was the beginning of his long relationship with the Islamic world. Overturning the widely-accepted consensus that Churchill was indifferent to, and even contemptuous of, matters concerning the Middle East, this book unravels Churchill's nuanced understanding of the edges of the British Empire. Warren Dockter analyses the future Prime Minister's experiences of the East, including his work as Colonial Under-Secretary in the early 1900s, his relations with the Ottomans and conduct during the Dardanelles Campaign of [tel], his arguments with David Lloyd-George over Turkey, and his pragmatic su.