The Egyptian Problem
London: Macmillan and Co, 1920.
Hardcover. Very Good. xii, 331 pp, with index. Light wear to edges including bumped and lightly rubbed corners, previous owner's name on front free endpaper; else clean and sound. No dust jacket. A study of "Egypt in transition" including chapters on occupations, World War I, independence, rebellions, education, martial law, and the need for an honourable solution. Chirol was a passionate imperialist who believed that Imperial Germany and Muslim unrest were the biggest threats to the British Empire.
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