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A scholar and adviser to Tony Blair's government analyzes how Churchill created the artificial monarchy of Iraq after World War I, thereby forcing together unfriendly peoples under a single ruler. Using T.E. Lawrence to induce Arabs under the rule of the Ottoman Turks to rebel against their oppressors, the British and French during World War I convinced the Hashemite clan that they would rule over Syria. In fact, Britain had promised the territory to the French. To make amends, Churchill created
- Author
- Christopher Catherwood
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble, New York
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780760792681
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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