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Author Kettle, Louise, author.

Title Learning from the history of British interventions in the Middle East / Louise Kettle.

Publication Info. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 296 pages)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Intro; Acknowledgements; 1 Learning from History; Learning from History in Whitehall; Politicians Learning from History; Learning from the History of Military Interventions; How Do We Learn?; What is Learning from History?; Who Learns from History?; The Learning Process; Learning from the History of British Interventions in the Middle East; 2 No End of a Lesson -- Suez 1956; Planning the Intervention; During the Intervention; After the Intervention; Musketeer Learning; 3 More like Korea -- Jordan 1958; Planning the Intervention; During the Intervention; After the Intervention.
Fortitude Learning4 Suez in Reverse -- Kuwait 1961; Planning the Intervention; During the Intervention; After the Intervention; Vantage Learning; 5 A Re-Run of Port Stanley -- The Gulf 1990-1; Planning the Intervention; During the Intervention; After the Intervention; Granby Learning; 6 Afghanistan Part Two -- Iraq 2003-9; Planning the Intervention; During the Intervention; After the Intervention; Telic Learning; 7 Failing History or Lessons Learned?; Learning from History since Iraq; Conclusion; Notes; Index.
Note Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 06, 2019).
Summary Drawing on a wealth of previously unseen documents, sourced by Freedom of Information requests, together with interviews with government and intelligence agency officials, Louise Kettle questions whether the British government has learned anything from its military interventions in the Middle East, from the 1950s to the 2016 Iraq Inquiry report.
Access Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK). WlAbNL
Terms Of Use Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL
Subject Intervention (International law)
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 20th century.
Great Britain -- History, Military -- 21st century.
Middle East -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Intervention (Droit international)
Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire militaire -- 20e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire militaire -- 21e siècle.
Moyen-Orient -- Relations extérieures -- Grande-Bretagne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
Intervention (International law)
Diplomatic relations
Great Britain https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdmp7p3cx8hpmJ8HvmTpP
Middle East
Chronological Term 1900-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies
Military history
Biographies.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Kettle, Louise. Learning from the History of British Interventions in the Middle East. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2018 9781474437950
ISBN 9781474437974 (electronic book)
1474437974 (electronic book)
1474437982
9781474437981
9781474437950
1474437958
Standard No. DKDLA 820120-katalog:9910052097705765

 
    
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