Kitchener as Proconsul of Egypt, 1911-1914

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-81876-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 361 g

This book covers the tenure of Kitchener as Proconsul in Egypt in the years preceding the First World War. Based mostly on unpublished sources – including government records and private papers – it not only fills a gap in the life and career of Kitchener, the most famous soldier in Britain since Wellington, but it also deals with an important but practically unknown period in Egyptian history. George Cassar shows Kitchener to be an ardent imperialist, but one who had a sense of responsibility to the country he governed. Exchanging his field marshal’s uniform for the dress of a statesman, he arrived in Egypt when British prestige was at a low point on account of his predecessor’s policies.  He restored political stability, created conditions that bolstered the economy, and introduced a wave of reforms. Kitchener as Proconsul of Egypt, 1911-1914 reveals how Kitchener’s interest extended beyond Egypt, and how throughout these years he worked quietly to prepare theground in an attempt to create an Arab Empire under Britain’s suzerainty.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cassar, George. H.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prelude.- 1. From Birth to the End of Military Service.- 2. Back to Egypt.- 3. Personality, Thoughts and Methods of a Benevolent Autocrat.- 4. The Challenge of Neutrality.- 5. Striving to Advance Egypt.- 6. Public Safety.- 7. The Capitulations and the Organic Law.- 8. The Royal Rebel.- 9. Prelude to World War I.- Epilogue.

Über Autor(innen)

George Cassar is Professor of Modern European and Military History at Eastern Michigan University, US. His many books on the First World War include Lloyd George as War Leader, 1916-1918 and Trial by Gas: The British Army at the Second Battle of Ypres.