An examination of how the logistical demands of the British military campaigns in Palestine and Mesopotamia led to a more intrusive and authoritarian form of imperial control in 1917-18. This early example of Western military intervention in the Middle East provoked a localized backlash in 1919-20 whose effects continue to be felt today.

Map Acknowledgments Abbreviations PART I The Political Economy of Empire before 1914 Expansion of the Campaigns,1915-16 Intensification of Wartime Control, 1917-18 PART II Deepening the Colonial State Mobilisation of Labour for Logistical Units Extraction of Agricultural Resources PART III Post-war Backlash and Imperial Readjustment, 1919-22 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index