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In Defence of Britain's Middle Eastern Empire: A Life of Sir Gilbert Clayton
Timothy Paris
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Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages, illus & 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBTQ; JWT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 173 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1010.
T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) described his war-time chief as "the perfect leader", a man who "worked by influence rather than by loud direction. He was like water, or permeating oil, creeping silently and insistently through everything. It was not possible to say where Clayton was and was not, and how much really belonged to him". This is the first biography of General Sir Gilbert Clayton (1875-1929), Britain's pre-eminent "man-on-the-spot" during the formative years of the modern Middle East. Serving as a soldier, administrator and diplomat in ten different Middle Eastern countries during a 33-year Middle Eastern career, Clayton is ... Read more
T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) described his war-time chief as "the perfect leader", a man who "worked by influence rather than by loud direction. He was like water, or permeating oil, creeping silently and insistently through everything. It was not possible to say where Clayton was and was not, and how much really belonged to him". This is the first biography of General Sir Gilbert Clayton (1875-1929), Britain's pre-eminent "man-on-the-spot" during the formative years of the modern Middle East. Serving as a soldier, administrator and diplomat in ten different Middle Eastern countries during a 33-year Middle Eastern career, Clayton is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
1010g
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845197858
SKU
V9781845197858
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About Timothy Paris
Timothy J. Paris holds a B.A. in history from Duke University and a J.D. from Indiana University. In 1997, he received a Ph.D. in history from Cambridge University. His first book, Britain, the Hashemites and Arab Rule, 19201925: The Sherifian Solution, was published in 2003. Dr. Paris currently practices law in Phoenix, Arizona.
Reviews for In Defence of Britain's Middle Eastern Empire: A Life of Sir Gilbert Clayton
For students of Sudanese history, the main interest of Pariss magisterial biography of Clayton may lie in discovering the influence his apprenticeship in the affairs of the Sudan had on his later career. Students of the history of the wider Middle East will derive new insights from the long formative period of a career that has until now hardly been ... Read more