British foreign policy in the Near East, 1916-1922 : questions of responsibility

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A. L. Macfie

Abstract

David Lloyd George, the British prime minister, in the period of the First
World War (1916-1922), has traditionally been blamed for the failure of
Britain’s Near Eastern foreign policy in the post-war period. But a note on the
issue, drawn up by the cabinet, in October 1922, in the midst of the Chanak
crisis, suggests that was not the case. Far from being the architect of Britain’s
Near Eastern policy, in the post-war period, and therefore by implication
responsible for its failure, Lloyd George was throughout merely pursuing the
policy laid down by the previous administration.

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