The Glubb Reports: Glubb Pasha and Britain's Empire Project in the Middle East 1920-1956

ISBN-13: 9781137380104 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 194 str.

Tancred Bradshaw

Opis

The Glubb Reports studies the papers written by General Sir John Glubb, the long-serving British commander of the Jordanian Arab Legion. During his career in Iraq and Jordan, Glubb wrote a considerable number of documents that are of great historical interest. This book uses these reports to explain Glubb's views on some of the most significant historical developments in the Middle East during the mid-20th century. These include Glubb's notable contribution to desert control in Iraq and Jordan, which led to the control of the tribal population and their incorporation into the state, as well as the issue of Palestine. Glubb played an important role in the development of the most effective army in the Middle East and was a central figure in the first Arab-Israeli war, and this book looks at Glubb's views on military and political issues that are still of serious interest to scholars today.

Recenzje

"The Glubb Reports offers insight into how Glubb's ideas of Middle Eastern politics formed and changed over time, particularly his views of tribes, military modernization, and the partition of Palestine. ... Bradshaw precedes each chapter with a relatively detailed synopsis of Glubb's views contained in each document, with additional context pulled from other documentary and secondary sources. ... Tancred Bradshaw has provided an excellent introduction for other scholars to continue the work and probe Glubb's history more thoroughly." (Gregory Brew, H-War, networks.h-net.org, July, 2016)

O autorze

Tancred Bradshaw received his PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies, and has since taught at Birkbeck College, University of London, City University, and Florida State University.