Britain’s Man on the Spot in Iraq and Afghanistan Gouvernement et diplomatie par Sir Henry Dobbs au Apex de l' Empire
- en
- Couverture rigide
- 9780755651320
- 16 novembre 2023
- 224 pages
Résumé
A little-know figure now, Sir Henry Dobbs was at the heart of Britain's imperial administrations of Iraq and India in the twilight decades of the Empire. Drawing upon a recently discovered trove of meticulous records and correspondence, in this book Ann Wilks reconstructs the professional life of this career civil servant and Britain's longest serving High Commissioner of Iraq to give a unique picture of life in Britain's most important colony and one of its most newly acquired.
The book reveals the inner workings of colonial administration, as Dobbs in his letters details the problems Britain encountered as it conquered the former Ottoman province of Mesopotamia during WWI, as well as crises and decisions of singular and lasting significance, such as settling the borders of Imperial India and Afghanistan and establishing those of the future state of Iraq, the first of Britain's colonies or protectorates to become independent, a process which Dobbs oversaw. In his negotiations on the 1921 Anglo-Afghan Treaty, he manoeuvred between the different views in London and Delhi with great dexterity to negotiate alone with the Amir and to arrive at what he considered an acceptable agreement. In the crisis over the 1922 treaty between Britain and Iraq, Dobbs not only disregarded the unhelpful approach recommended by London but risked using his own wholly unauthorised tactics to achieve a breakthrough. The 'man-on-the-spot' perspective offered by Dobbs, written contemporaneously, thus provides a unique source on key international treaties from an insider who was though a man of his time and its prejudices nonetheless an advocate for Iraqi independence, curious about the peoples over whose lives the administration he served ruled, and frequently at odds with attitudes displayed by his famous superiors, such as Sir Percy Cox.
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Contenu
- Langue
- en
- Binding
- Couverture rigide
- Date de sortie initiale
- 16 novembre 2023
- Nombre de pages
- 224
Personnes impliquées
- Auteur principal
- Ann Wilks
- Editeur principal
- I.B. Tauris
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- 156 mm
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- 156 mm
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- Non
- Longueur d'emballage
- 234 mm
- Longueur du produit
- 234 mm
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- EAN
- 9780755651320
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