Kristian Coates Ulrichsen holds a PhD in military and imperial history from the University of Cambridge. He is the co-director of the Kuwait Research Programme at the LSE and the author of Insecure Gulf: The End of Certainty and the Transition to the Post-Oil Era, published by Hurst.
'This is a splendid book we have long been waiting for: the first
comprehensive account of the fierce fighting all over the Middle
East during World War One. As good on the logistical nightmares
facing military planners in a region with few proper road and rail
communications as it is on the set-piece battles at Gallipoli, Gaza
and up and down the Tigris in Iraq.'
*Roger Owen, A.J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History, and
author of The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life*
A welcome overview of the Great War in the Middle East. ...
Ulrichsen manages to achieve a comprehensive synthesis of the
military and diplomatic history of the war. Moreover, he captures
the full extent of the conflict in the Middle East, from skirmishes
in Aden to the Turco-Sanussi campaign against the British in the
western deserts of Egypt. ... Its clarity and its concision will
make this work of use to scholars of the Great War and the
emergence of the modern Middle East alike.'
*Eugene Rogan, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History,
University of Oxford, and author of The Fall of the Ottomans: The
Great War in the Middle East, 1914-1920*
'In this concise yet deeply researched book, Ulrichsen seeks to
correct widely held Western misperceptions about WWI and its role
in staging the collapse of the Islamic Caliphate and the resultant
shaping of arbitrary Middle Eastern borders. ... Relevant for
anyone with an interest in the Middle East.'
*Publishers Weekly*
'...fascinating and insightful ... the most comprehensive
single-volume history of the war in the Middle East available
today. Kristian Coates Ulrichsen's The First World War in the
Middle East presents readers with a single-volume,
multidisciplinary history of the war across the entire region, and
it does so brilliantly, filling an otherwise glaring gap in the
subject's literature.'
*Middle East Policy*
'In this meticulously researched, engaging book, Kristian Coates
Ulrichsen explores the devastating consequences of the Great War
for the Middle East and the battles fought there on behalf of the
European belligerents, as well as the lasting imprints of the War
on the region's political geography. This is essential reading for
anyone interested in the history of the Middle East and the study
of the formation of modern state-system in the region.'
*Mehran Kamrava, author of The Modern Middle East: A Political
History since the First World War*
'This is a timely and important book. In an age when the post-war
imperial political system across the region is being eroded by
warfare and turmoil, it is indeed edifying to reflect on the causes
and consequences of the First World War in the Middle East. The
significance of this book lies in the fact that it is not merely a
military history, but also excellently weaves together the
differing European and Middle Eastern perspectives on the war,
situating it in its proper geo-political context by examining not
just the war itself, but also what preceded it, and, above all,
what the war brought about in terms of socio-economic, cultural,
and political transformations.'
*Johan Franzen, Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern History,
University of East Anglia, and author of Red Star Over Iraq: Iraqi
Communism Before Saddam*
'Lively and compelling...gives a particularly thorough account of
the diplomatic relations between the powers, and also of the ways
in which policy was formulated within and between Britain, France
and Russia, and by the Ottoman government.'
*International Affairs*
'Kristian Coates Ulrichsen's important study is the first account
of the Middle East during the First World War. It is both very
readable and a scholarly synthesis of the military, political and
social history of the region as well as detailing the legacy of the
war.'
*Alan Jeffreys, Senior Curator, Social History at the Imperial War
Museum*
'Ulrichsen's valuable new book...underscores how soldiers and local
civilian populations in the Middle East often suffered as much as
those in Europe.'
*W. Andrew Terrill, Middle East Journal, 2014*
'A comprehensive and thoughtful overview of the region's major
battles and their consequences grounded in the social realities of
the time.'
*Elizabeth F Thompson, H-Diplo*
'...impressive ... Concise but comprehensive, this book deftly
synthesizes accounts of the various military campaigns [in the
Middle East] with broader analysis of its massive social,
geopolitical and economic consequences.'
*William Armstrong, Hurriyet Daily News*
'The book is academically robust, detailed and well sourced. It is
written in an accessible style and the index and chapter headings
enable the reader who does not have the time to read from cover to
cover to identify areas of specific interest.'
*The Arab Banker*
'This book is an extremely interesting overview of events in
Palestine and the wider Middle East during World War I and the
resulting peace settlement.'
*C.W. Squire, HM Ambassador to Israel 1984-88, The Overseas
Pensioner*
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