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

Author: Bruce Westrate
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1992.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Westrate, Bruce.
Arab Bureau.
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1992
(OCoLC)756447199
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Bruce Westrate
ISBN: 027100794X 9780271007946
OCLC Number: 23356047
Description: xvi, 240 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Responsibility: Bruce Westrate.

Abstract:

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.

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