The Empire of the Raj / Keith Wilson
In a memorandum for the Committee of Imperial Defence dated 10 July 1920 Harold Nicolson, whose family connection with these matters dated back to the time when his father Lord Carnock entered the Foreign Office, namely 1870, wrote:
Lord Cromer: Victorian Imperialist, Edwardian Proconsul / Roger Owen
It is curious that it should have taken imperial proconsul Lord Cromer (1841–1917, Evelyn Baring until 1892) nearly a century to find a scholarly biographer worthy of his centrality to British, imperial and Egyptian history in the Victorian-Edwardian age.
Western Imperialism in the Middle East, 1914–1958 / David K. Fieldhouse
D. K. Fieldhouse's goal in this major comparative study of British and French imperialism in the Middle East is to consider the effects of the imposition of the mandate system on the former Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire.
Kingmakers: the Invention of the Modern Middle East / K. Meyer, S. B. Brysac
The intention of this book is to 'retell' the history of the Middle East through 'the medium of individuals' (p. 18). But not any individuals, only those in the 'Middle East kingmaking business' (p. 158). None of the thirteen men, ten British and three American, and two women, both British, who feature most prominently in this nicely produced volume 'attained the summit of national power' (p.
Imagining Armenia: Orientalism, Ambiguity and Intervention / Joanne Laycock
I first came into contact with Jo Laycock's Imagining Armenia when I received the Manchester University Press catalogue and found it listed on the page after my book.
Into Africa: The Imperial Life of Margery Perham / C. Brad Faught
Once upon a time, as every schoolboy knew, the history of the British Empire was the history of great men.
State, Faith and Nation in Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Lands / Fred Anscombe
This review was developed from a discussion on the occasion of the launch of the book, hosted by the 'Rethinking Modern Europe' seminar in which both author and reviewer participated, together with Professor Benjamin Fortna (University of Arizona).
The Ottoman Endgame: War, Revolution and the Making of the Modern Middle East, 1908-1923 / Sean McMeekin
This is a curate's egg book, good in parts but distinctly not in others.
Russian Hajj: Empire and the Pilgrimage to Mecca / Eileen Kane
Russia's tsars ruled over more Muslims than any other empire in the world.
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