The geopolitics of the first british expedition to Egypt - I: the cabinet crisis of September 1800.

From: Middle Eastern Studies | Date: July 1, 1994| Author: Ingram, Edward | Copyright information

The British cabinet in 1800 was forced to make a strategic gamble in sending an expeditionary force to Egypt as a means of undermining French expansionism. Napoleonic victories on the continent of Europe had left Britain with little choice but to confront the French military abroad. The conflict in Egypt gave British naval forces the opportunity to strike at the French and prevent their anticipated advance on British-held India. The costliness of the war and the failure to achieve victory sev...

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