First Published in 2004. Throughout the half-century between the Crimean War and the outbreak of the First World War, few countries confronted successive Britis

Why did the Ottoman Empire enter the First World War in late October 1914, months after the war's devastations had become clear? Were its leaders 'simple-minded

British imperial interests in Iraq during and after the First World War are well known and have often been studied. But what of British policy towards the Mesop

Shortly after the end of the First World War, General Sir George Macdonagh, wartime director of British Military Intelligence, revealed that Lord Allenby's vict

This collection examines the role of Britain in the Islamic world. It offers insight into the social, political, diplomatic, and military issues that arose over