Curzon and British Imperialism in the Middle East 1916-1919

John Fisher explores the acquisitive thinking which from the autumn of 1914 drove the Mesopotamian Expedition and examines the political issues international and imperial delegated to a War Cabinet committee under Lord Curzon. The motives of Curzon and others in attempting to obtain a privileged political position in the Hejaz are studied in the context of inter-Allied suspicions and Turkish intrigues in the Arabian Peninsula. This is a penetrating study of war imperialism when statesmen contemplated strong measures of control in several areas of the Middle East.