The Arab Bureau British Policy in the Middle East 1916–1920
Pennsylvania, USA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1992. Tall octavo, dark red cloth,spine printed with gilt lettering, xvi, 240 pp., five black-and-white photos of sketched maps and flags, two black-and-white diagrams of maps included. Light foxing on edges of text block and endpapers, small fold in lower right-hand corner of leaf 11, lower right-hand corner's tail edge of leaf 9 appears to have been untrimmed but is cleanly separated from leaf 11, dust-jacket is a little worn with some markings on back cover and fading on inside; otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Historian Bruce Westrate offers an in-depth study of Britain's Arab Bureau in the crucial period leading up to, during and following the Arab Revolt in 1916. The Bureau consisted of a small number of British intelligence officers stationed in Cairo, the most famous of which was T. E. Lawrence. The group was charged with the task of coordinating intelligence activities in the Middle East. In this volume, Westrate shines a light on the Bureau as a whole, the people they dealt with, its role in the Revolt, and Britain's mishandling of Middle Eastern policy during and shortly after World War One. O'Brien, F1119a. Item #4849
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