From: Middle Eastern Studies | Date: January 1, 1995| Author: Yapp, M.E. | COPYRIGHT 1995 Frank Cass & Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Marian Kent, who teaches in Australia, is well known for her writing on British policy in the Middle East, in particular her study of the prolonged Mesopotamian oil concession negotiations, Oil and Empire (1976). The present volume contains papers written by her during the last 30 years. All but one have been published previously. They are concerned with aspects of British imperial policy in the Middle East between 1900 and 1940 and they emphasize the importance of strategic consider...