The Arab Bureau: British Policy in the Middle East, 1916-1920

Founded in 1916, the Arab Bureau was a small collection of British intelligence officers headquartered in Cairo...
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Author: Bruce Westrate
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The Arab Bureau: British Policy in the Middle East, 1916-1920 by Westrate, Bruce

The Arab Bureau: British Policy in the Middle East, 1916-1920

$135.70

The Arab Bureau: British Policy in the Middle East, 1916-1920

$135.70
Author: Bruce Westrate
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Founded in 1916, the Arab Bureau was a small collection of British intelligence officers headquartered in Cairo and charged with the task of coordinating imperial intelligence activities in the Middle East. It is most often remembered for its flamboyant cast of characters, particularly T. E. Lawrence, and its role in instigating the Arab Revolt to break Turkish control over the Arab-speaking Middle East. From the beginning, however, the Bureau was vilified within imperial circles as a group of amateurish and incompetent pro-Arab dilettantes. And ever since, it has borne much of the blame for Britain's terrible mishandling of Middle Eastern policy during and shortly after World War I.

In this first full-length study of the Arab Bureau, Bruce Westrate challenges these stereotypes and reassesses the role that the Bureau actually played within imperial policy-making circles that stretched from London to Cairo to Delhi. Through close analysis of personal papers and Foreign Office records, including Arab Bureau documents, Westrate concludes that Bureau members were in fact sober-minded strategists who were skillfully working to secure the region for imperial interests.



Author: Bruce Westrate
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: 04/15/1992
Pages: 260
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d
ISBN: 9780271023243

About the Author

Bruce Westrate teaches History at Indiana University, South Bend.


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