Enemy on the Euphrates - The Battle for Iraq, 1914-1921 Rutledge IanPaperback
Material with acute relevance to the crisis now tearing Iraq to pieces--IndependentRutledge's account displays a novelist's taste for intrigue, espionage, gunboat diplomacy, personal hardship and…
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Material with acute relevance to the crisis now tearing Iraq to pieces--IndependentRutledge's account displays a novelist's taste for intrigue, espionage, gunboat diplomacy, personal hardship and murder.--BBC History MagazineA] rare treasure that combines a fascinating account of important historical events with penetrating geopolitical analysis--Professor Michael Klare, Hampshire College, AmherstIn 1920 an Arab revolt came perilously close to inflicting a shattering defeat upon the British Empire's forces occupying Iraq after the Great War. A huge peasant army besieged British garrisons and bombarded them with captured artillery. British columns and armoured trains were ambushed and destroyed, and gunboats were captured or sunk. Britain's quest for oil was one of the principal reasons for its continuing occupation of Iraq. However, with around
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