Author: Wilfrid Scawen BluntPublisher:
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My Diaries, Being a Personal Narrative of Events, 1888-1914, by Wilfrid Scawen Blunt ...
Author: Wilfrid Scawen BluntMy Diaries
Author: Wilfrid Scawen BluntPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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MY DIARIES,
Author: WILFRID SCAWEN. BLUNTPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033585610
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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My Diaries
Author: Wilfrid Scawen BluntPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages :
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My Diaries
Author: Wilfrid Scawen BluntThe Accidental Tourist, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, and the British Invasion of Egypt in 1882
Author: Michael D. BerdinePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000143597
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
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This fascinating account highlights the extent the world's major powers will go to as they seek to insure their own interests and agendas, despite the wishes of those whose countries they invade and occupy. The Accidental Tourist profiles Wilfrid Scawen Blunt's involvement in the so-called Arabi Revolt in 1882. It addresses Blunt's tireless efforts on behalf of the Egyptian Nationalists to mediate the differences between Britain and Egypt and prevent a British invasion of Egypt. It highlights what amounted to a government cover-up of the actions of certain governmental officials to precipitate the invasion by falsifying intelligence information and manipulating the press. It also takes to task the scholarly tradition of maligning Blunt and questioning the accuracy of his version of the events of 1882. Blunt was branded a traitor in the House of Commons. This book was written to set the record straight. It is ideal reading for those interested in the field of Middle Eastern, Imperial or Colonial history and will provide readers with a better understanding of the real story of imperialism that went on at the time and is still going on in the Middle East today.
My Diaries
Author: Wilfrid Scawen BluntMy Diaries; Being a Personal Narrative of Events, 1888-1914
Author: Wilfrid Scawen BluntPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Churchill's Empire
Author: Richard ToyePublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429943351
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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The imperial aspect of Churchill's career tends to be airbrushed out, while the battles against Nazism are heavily foregrounded. A charmer and a bully, Winston Churchill was driven by a belief that the English were a superior race, whose goals went beyond individual interests to offer an enduring good to the entire world. No better example exists than Churchill's resolve to stand alone against a more powerful Hitler in 1940 while the world's democracies fell to their knees. But there is also the Churchill who frequently inveighed against human rights, nationalism, and constitutional progress—the imperialist who could celebrate racism and believed India was unsuited to democracy. Drawing on newly released documents and an uncanny ability to separate the facts from the overblown reputation (by mid-career Churchill had become a global brand), Richard Toye provides the first comprehensive analysis of Churchill's relationship with the empire. Instead of locating Churchill's position on a simple left/right spectrum, Toye demonstrates how the statesman evolved and challenges the reader to understand his need to reconcile the demands of conscience with those of political conformity.
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