Britain and the Re-making of Iraq, 1914-20.
Thursday 5 February at 6pm
Room 210, Norfolk Building, City Campus
Britain went to war with Turkey in 1914 and launched a campaign in what became Iraq as part of that war effort. The campaign was run by the British army in India and involved essentially Indian forces. This lecture explores an aspect of Britain’s Great War which receives limited scrutiny in this country. It assesses the campaign and the post-war settlement of Iraq as aspects of Britain’s imperial role and imperial military history. The British approach to both war and peace in Iraq bore little relationship to the values and preoccupations which shaped the war in Europe and formed part of an imperial mission that underpinned the British war effort.
Places are free and include refreshments on arrival, but must be booked in advance.