1st Edition
Oil and the Creation of Iraq Policy Failures and the 1914-1918 War in Mesopotamia
Part 1: Prelude to War 1. The Eastern Question 2. The Ottoman Empire 3. Mesopotamia in 1914 Part 2: Forces Shaping Prewar Foreign Policy 4. Forces Shaping Ottoman Foreign Policy 5. Forces Shaping Germany’s Middle East Policy 6. Forces Shaping Britain’s Middle East Policy Part 3: The War in Mesopotamia 7. War Aims of the Ottomans and Germany 8. War Aims of Britain 9. The War in Mesopotamia Part 4: Creating Iraq 10. Creating the Iraq Nation 11. The Role of Oil in Forming Iraq 12. From a British Mandate to Independence
Biography
David E. McNabb is Professor Emeritus at Pacific Lutheran University School of Business, USA. He is the author of ten books, including two comprehensive research methods texts, and joint author of two others. The first edition of his Research Methods in Public Administration and Nonprofit Organizations was awarded the 2004 John Grenzebach Research Award for Research in Philanthropy. He is a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. He has been professor in Public Administration at The Evergreen State College, the University of Maryland–University College, the University of Washington–Tacoma, and the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia. He has also been a visiting professor at the American University in Bulgaria and a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Latvia.
