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Robin Masefield – The World Administered by Irishmen: The Life and Times of Robert Hart and Irish Contemporaries in East Asia
Robin Masefield – The World Administered by Irishmen: The Life and Times of Robert Hart and Irish Contemporaries in East Asia
Robin Masefield’s latest book, published by Queen’s University Belfast, is entitled The World Administered by Irishmen: The Life and Times of Robert Hart and Irish Contemporaries in East Asia. While, the initial focus is on the Chinese Maritime Customs Service, and the Ulsterman Sir Robert Hart who led it for 45 years, the book brings…
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Ann Wilks (CBE) – Britain’s Man on the Spot in Iraq and Afghanistan
Ann Wilks (CBE) – Britain’s Man on the Spot in Iraq and Afghanistan
The newly discovered papers and colourfully-written letters of Anglo-Irish Sir Henry Dobbs, which form the backbone of this book, reveal his importance in the development of the modern Middle East. An influential civil servant and Britain's longest serving High Commissioner in Iraq at a time when the British empire was facing increasing challenges to…