"This book provides 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"-- Provided by publisher.

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.