Arguing about empire imperial rhetoric in Britain and France, 1882-1956

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ARGUING ABOUT EMPIRE

Arguing about Empire
Imperial Rhetoric in Britain and France,
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1882 1956
MARTIN THOMAS AND RICHARD TOYE
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Contents
ListofFigures vii
ListofMaps ix
Introduction:ArguingaboutEmpire 1
1. Tunisia,1881–Egypt,1882 19
2. Fashoda,1898 49
3. TheRhetoricoftheMoroccanCrises,1905and1911 83
4. TheChanakCrisis,1922 122
5. WorldWarasImperialCrisis,I:ChangingPartners,1939–41 155
6. WorldWarasImperialCrisis,II:AlliesinConflict,1941–5 174
7. Suez,1956 195
Conclusion 230
Bibliography 237
Index 263

List of Figures
2.1. ‘HowSomePeopleInvadetheSoudan’,Punch,24September1898 67
2.2. Kitchenerasbigbadwolf,LePetitJournal,20November1898 79
3.1. ThearrivalofSaint-RenéTaillandier’sFezmission,1905 96
3.2. ‘TheStealer’,1905 98
3.3. MauriceRouvier’snewgovernment,5February1905 100
3.4. GeneralMoinierobservingBerberpositionsatthebattleofElArroussi,1911 113
4.1. Christmas1922Chanakpostcard 153
5.1. ‘N’oubliezpasOran!’ 164
6.1. ‘Nowmakehimdisappear’,DavidLowcartoon,TheEvening
Standard,8December1942 185
7.1. ManchesterdemonstrationagainstBritishinvolvementintheSuezcrisis,
2October1956 211
7.2. ‘WipeSuezOut’,graffitiinNorthKensington,London 212

List of Maps
2.1. TheFrenchgeographicalsurveyoftheroutetoFashoda 50
3.1. TheFrenchconquestofMorocco 94
4.1. TheBritishEmpirebetweenthewars 124
4.2. TheChanakCrisis,1922 126
4.3. TheFrenchEmpirebetweenthewars 129
7.1. TheinvasionofEgypt,1956 196