Iraq and Eleanor Egan's The War in the Cradle of the World
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Iraq and Eleanor Egan's The War in the Cradle of the World

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Iraq and Eleanor Egan's The War in the Cradle of the World

About this book

Chronicling the British military's invasion of Iraq in 1917, Eleanor Franklin Egan was an intrepid American journalist whose autobiographical account of her time spent amongst British officers describes the relationship between British and American forces in the Middle East during and just after World War I. Egan's account of military life and the actions taken by British officers to secure the British Empire's position in the Middle East is particularly striking, as readers begin to see the parallels between the early twentieth century British presence there and the current American presence in Iraq.

This book should be read by all those interested in understanding the ways in which the modern Middle East has adapted as a result of invasion and imperialism. With a new critical introduction that explores the choices made by the United States that have led them to inherit the United Kingdom's position in the Gulf, Paul J. Rich offers an analysis of Egan's work that will allow contemporary readers to see that what is going on in Iraq now is nothing new.

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Information

Year
2009
eBook ISBN
9781461633655
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Embedded in Baghdad: Introduction to the Lexington Books Edition
  8. Introduction to The War in the Cradle of the World
  9. The War in the Cradle of the World
  10. I. The Longest Way Round
  11. II. The Shortest Way There
  12. III. The Bombay Side of the Punka
  13. IV. An Interesting but Anxious Interval
  14. V. To the Remotest Zone
  15. VI. What the British Found
  16. VII. Not through a Port-Hole
  17. VIII. Strengthening the Foothold
  18. IX. Introducing the “Politicals”
  19. X. Hospitals and the Nursing Service
  20. XI. General Townshend’s Advance
  21. XII. Lines of Communication
  22. XIII. Up the River Tigris
  23. XIV. On Up the Tigris
  24. XV. From Amara to Kut-el-Amara
  25. XVI. A New Kut
  26. XVII. The Scene of the Terrible Siege
  27. XVIII. With General Maude in Command
  28. XIX. In the Shadow of an Ancient Ruin
  29. XX. The Man of Mesopotamia
  30. XXI. Round about Town
  31. XXII. Whence Harun-al-Rashid Strolled
  32. XXIII. Across an Amazing River
  33. XXIV. Righteous Men and Sons of Iniquity
  34. XXV. A Unique Entertainment
  35. XXVI. A Day’s End
  36. XXVII. The Last Post
  37. XXVIII. And Then