From the Wings

Amman Memoirs 1947-1951
1. Auflage 1976
ISBN: 978-0-7146-3061-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 166 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 350 g

First Published in 1976. Sir Alec Kirkbride was born in Nottinghamshire in 1897, but grew up in Egypt. He was an army officer from 1916 to 1920 and then Deputy Resident in Transjodran from 1927 to 37. This book is a collection of his Amman Memoirs 1947-1951 when he was serving as the Ambassador to the United Kingdom to The Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan in 1946 and played an important diplomatic role during the Arab-Israeli war.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kirkbride, Alec

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Clearing the Decks; Chapter 2 On The Brink; Chapter 3 The First Round; Chapter 4 Lydda and Ramleh; Chapter 5 The Government of All-Palestine; Chapter 6 A Side Show; Chapter 7 War in the Air; Chapter 8 Armistice; Chapter 9 Incidents; Chapter 10 Talal; Chapter 11 Treachery; Chapter 12 The Succession;

Über Autor(innen)

Alec KirkbrideSir