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Kitchener as Proconsul of Egypt, 1911-1914
George H. Cassar
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Description for Kitchener as Proconsul of Egypt, 1911-1914
Hardback. Num Pages: 276 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJC; HBJD; HBJF; HBTQ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 218 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
This book covers the tenure of Kitchener as Proconsul in Egypt in the years preceding the First World War. Based mostly on unpublished sources - including government records and private papers - it not only fills a gap in the life and career of Kitchener, the most famous soldier in Britain since Wellington, but it also deals with an important but practically unknown period in Egyptian history. George Cassar shows Kitchener to be an ardent imperialist, but one who had a sense of responsibility to the country he governed. Exchanging his field ... Read more
This book covers the tenure of Kitchener as Proconsul in Egypt in the years preceding the First World War. Based mostly on unpublished sources - including government records and private papers - it not only fills a gap in the life and career of Kitchener, the most famous soldier in Britain since Wellington, but it also deals with an important but practically unknown period in Egyptian history. George Cassar shows Kitchener to be an ardent imperialist, but one who had a sense of responsibility to the country he governed. Exchanging his field ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Condition
New
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319393629
SKU
V9783319393629
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Ref
99-15
About George H. Cassar
George Cassar is Professor of Modern European and Military History at Eastern Michigan University, US. His many books on the First World War include Lloyd George as War Leader, 1916-1918 and Trial by Gas: The British Army at the Second Battle of Ypres.
Reviews for Kitchener as Proconsul of Egypt, 1911-1914
The author's admiration for Kitchener and his military and administrative exploits comes through loud and clear. ... Kitchener as Proconsul of Egypt is a salutary, meticulously documented, and compelling study of a neglected period in the history of British suzerainty in Egypt. (Robert L. Tignor, Michigan War Studies Review, miwsr.com, May, 2017)