Description
First publication of unique British Empire memoir, covering post-war period in Eritrea and South Arabia
About the Author
Sir Kennedy Trevaskis (1915-1990) was a key-player in British imperial and foreign policy in the post-war era. He served as a District Officer in Northern Rhodesia, District Commissioner in Eritrea, and finally High Commissioner in South Arabia and Aden colony. He was awarded the OBE and KCMG and was the author of Eritrea: A Colony in Transition and Shades of Amber: A South Arabian Episode. Wm. Roger Louis is Kerr Chair in English History and Culture and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.
Reviews
Sir Kennedy Trevaskis had an outlook on Africa and the Middle East that differed radically from that of many of his contemporaries... His unvarnished autobiography gives insight into the complex and dangerous problems of the British Empire, especially in the Middle East from the 1940s to the mid-1960s. * W.M Roger Louis *
This memoir is monumental, not in the Nietzschean sense of the monumental narrative that can inspire action, but in the sense of a history that will stand as a monument to a vanished world. * Dublin Review of Books *
Book Information
ISBN 9781784538279
Author Kennedy Trevaskis
Format Hardback
Page Count 352
Imprint I.B. Tauris
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 712g