Bagpipes In Babylon

Author : Glencairn Balfour Paul
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005-12-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1845111516

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Bagpipes in Babylon by Glencairn Balfour Paul Pdf

With rich anecdotal detail and enjoyable witty style, this is an autobiography of a distinguished diplomat that provides new insights into the background of Middle Eastern diplomacy in the twentieth century. "Saddam seized me by the shoulders and marched me by his side in a sort of embrace, saying, 'Can't you British understand that there is nothing in the world I detest more than a Russian Communist - except an Iraqi one? Get that through to your stupid Government.'" That was late 1969 as Iraq was tilting towards Moscow during the Cold War. The occasion was the author's first audience with Saddam. In his long and distinguished career in the Arab world, Glencairn Balfour Paul witnessed momentous changes in the region. "Bagpipes in Babylon" describes the colourful experiences of his working life including his acquaintance with Wilfred Thesiger, his friendship in Beirut with Kim Philby, and his close relations with King Hussein of Jordan. Following retirement, he embarked on a second career in academia and his travels continued. "Bagpipes in Babylon' is a rich and entertaining account of a lifetime in the Arab world, and beyond.

Author : Helene von Bismarck
Publisher : Springer
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137326720

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British Policy in the Persian Gulf, 1961-1968 by Helene von Bismarck Pdf

An in-depth analysis of Great Britain's policy in the oil-rich Persian Gulf region during the last years of British imperialism in the area, covering the period from the independence of Kuwait to the decision of the Wilson Government to withdraw from the Gulf.

Author : Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317603108

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The United Arab Emirates by Kristian Coates Ulrichsen Pdf

Led by Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the UAE has become deeply embedded in the contemporary system of international power, politics, and policy-making. Only an independent state since 1971, the seven emirates that constitute the UAE represent not only the most successful Arab federal experiment but also the most durable. However, the 2008 financial crisis and its aftermath underscored the continuing imbalance between Abu Dhabi and Dubai and the five northern emirates. Meanwhile, the post-2011 security crackdown revealed the acute sensitivity of officials in Abu Dhabi to social inequalities and economic disparities across the federation. The United Arab Emirates: Power, Politics, and Policymaking charts the various processes of state formation and political and economic development that have enabled the UAE to emerge as a significant regional power and major player in the post Arab Spring reordering of Middle East and North African Politics, as well as the closest partner of the US in military and security affairs in the region. It also explores the seamier underside of that growth in terms of the condition of migrant workers, recent interventions in Libya and Yemen, and, latterly, one of the highest rates of political prisoners per capita in the world. The book concludes with a discussion of the likely policy challenges that the UAE will face in coming years, especially as it moves towards its fiftieth anniversary in 2021. Providing a comprehensive and accessible assessment of the UAE, this book will be a vital resource for students and scholars of International Relations and Middle East Studies, as well as non-specialists with an interest in the United Arab Emirates and its global position.

Author : Carola Hein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000449495

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Oil Spaces by Carola Hein Pdf

Oil Spaces traces petroleum’s impact through a range of territories from across the world, showing how industrially drilled petroleum and its refined products have played a major role in transforming the built environment in ways that are often not visible or recognized. Over the past century and a half, industrially drilled petroleum has powered factories, built cities, and sustained nation-states. It has fueled ways of life and visions of progress, modernity, and disaster. In detailed international case studies, the contributors consider petroleum’s role in the built environment and the imagination. They study how petroleum and its infrastructure have served as a source of military conflict and political and economic power, inspiring efforts to create territories and reshape geographies and national boundaries. The authors trace ruptures and continuities between colonial and postcolonial frameworks, in locations as diverse as Sumatra, northeast China, Brazil, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Kuwait as well as heritage sites including former power stations in Italy and the port of Dunkirk, once a prime gateway through which petroleum entered Europe. By revealing petroleum’s role in organizing and imagining space globally, this book takes up a key task in imagining the possibilities of a post-oil future. It will be invaluable reading to scholars and students of architectural and urban history, planning, and geography of sustainable urban environments.

Author : James Worrall
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781838609160

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Statebuilding and Counterinsurgency in Oman by James Worrall Pdf

In the depths of the Cold War and in the wake of Britain's announcement of its intention to withdraw 'East of Suez' by the end of 1971, Britain was faced with the stark reality of a Marxist rebellion in the Dhofar province of Oman. 'State Building and Counter Insurgency in Oman' offers an exploration of the attempts by officials and politicians in Whitehall and the Gulf to reconcile attempts to protect national interests and create an effective, centralised Omani administration and security bodies, whilst maintaining the image of strategic withdrawal and the sovereign independence of Oman. This book thus provides vital information and analysis for students and researchers of Middle East History and Politics, the decline and end of empire and the policymaking processes at the heart of an imperial and military withdrawal.

Author : Kristi Barnwell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781838605292

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The Formation of the UAE by Kristi Barnwell Pdf

December 2, 1971 ushered the United Arab Emirates into existence and marked the end of one hundred fifty years of British protection of the Arab states of the Gulf. Today, the UAE projects an image of modernity and prosperity; but before its formation, the emirates endured poverty and political upheaval while the rulers and people navigated the transition from autonomous city-states to modern nation states under informal British rule. This book shows how the Trucial States came to form a sovereign federation, paying particular attention to the role of nationalism and anti-imperialism. Kristi Barnwell demonstrates that the ruling sheikhs of the Gulf Arab rulers in the Gulf strove to create their new state with close ties to Great Britain, which provided technical, military and administrative assistance to the emirates, while also publicly embracing the popular ideologies of anti-imperialism and Arab socialism that were still dominating the political discourse in the Arab world. In the process, she situates the Emirates' modern history in the broader narratives of the history of the Middle East. The research draws on primary source materials from British and American government archives, speeches, and government publications from the Arab Emirates, as well as memoirs and secondary sources.

Author : Tancred Bradshaw
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781838600877

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The End of Empire in the Gulf by Tancred Bradshaw Pdf

With the end of the British Raj in 1947, the Foreign Office replaced the Government of India as the department responsible for the Persian Gulf, and would proceed to manage relations with the Trucial States (now the United Arab Emirates, UAE) until British withdrawal in 1971. This work is a comprehensive history of British policy in the region during that period, situated for the first time in its broad historical and political context. Tancred Bradshaw – an academic historian with extensive experience in the region – sheds light onto the discovery of oil in Abu Dhabi in the 1950s, Foreign Office attempts to instigate a long-term development policy in the region, the slow end of the British Empire, the origins of the UAE and – most importantly – the British legacy in this geopolitically crucial region today. The book relies on 40,000 pages of archival material, much of it previously unused, and will be of interest to Imperial historians, as well as anyone working on the history and politics of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf.

Author : Philip Mansel
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300176223

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Levant by Philip Mansel Pdf

Not so long ago, in certain cities on the shores of the eastern Mediterranean, Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived and flourished side by side. What can the histories of these cities tell us? Levant is a book of cities. It describes three former centers of great wealth, pleasure, and freedom—Smyrna, Alexandria, and Beirut—cities of the Levant region along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. In these key ports at the crossroads of East and West, against all expectations, cosmopolitanism and nationalism flourished simultaneously. People freely switched identities and languages, released from the prisons of religion and nationality. Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived and worshipped as neighbors.Distinguished historian Philip Mansel is the first to recount the colorful, contradictory histories of Smyrna, Alexandria, and Beirut in the modern age. He begins in the early days of the French alliance with the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century and continues through the cities' mid-twentieth-century fates: Smyrna burned; Alexandria Egyptianized; Beirut lacerated by civil war.Mansel looks back to discern what these remarkable Levantine cities were like, how they differed from other cities, why they shone forth as cultural beacons. He also embarks on a quest: to discover whether, as often claimed, these cities were truly cosmopolitan, possessing the elixir of coexistence between Muslims, Christians, and Jews for which the world yearns. Or, below the glittering surface, were they volcanoes waiting to erupt, as the catastrophes of the twentieth century suggest? In the pages of the past, Mansel finds important messages for the fractured world of today.

Author : Ben Macintyre
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Espionage, Soviet
ISBN : 9781408851722

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A Spy Among Friends by Ben Macintyre Pdf

From bestselling author Ben Macintyre, the true untold story of history's most famous traitor

Author : William Henry Grattan Flood
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781176344228

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The story of the bagpipe by William Henry Grattan Flood Pdf

Author : Bodleian Library
Publisher : Scholarly Title
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Design
ISBN : UOM:39015028544552

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Illuminated Manuscripts and Books in the Bodleian Library by Bodleian Library Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211408781

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Book Review Digest by Anonim Pdf

Author : Francis Collinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000435832

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The Bagpipe by Francis Collinson Pdf

Originally published in 1975, and written by an authority on Scottish music, this book traces the evolution of the bagpipe whilst also narrating the fortunes of the ‘Great Highland Bagpipe’ itself. Exploring history and archaeology of civilizations as far removed from the Scottish Highlands as Egypt and Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome this book offers a unique full-length history of one of the world’s most interesting and ancient musical instruments. Appendices list the bagpipes of other countries and the materials used in the instrument’s manufacture as well as a comprehensive bibliography.

Author : Arthur James Wells
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1884 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Bibliography, National
ISBN : UOM:39015066099196

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The British National Bibliography by Arthur James Wells Pdf

Author : Joseph Bryant Rotherham
Publisher : Ravenio Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-27
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Rotherham's Emphasized Bible by Joseph Bryant Rotherham Pdf

Rotherham's Emphasized Bible brings out nuances of the underlying Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic texts in order to bring the reader as close as possible to the original audience.