The Accidental Tourist, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, and the British Invasion of Egypt in 1882

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Michael D. Berdine teaches history at Pima Community College in Tuscon, Arizona.

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This book profiles Wilfrid Scawen Blunt's involvement in the so-called Arabi Revolt in 1882. It addresses Blunt's tireless efforts on behalf of the Egyptian Nationalists to mediate the differences between Britain and Egypt and prevent a British invasion of Egypt. It highlights what amounted to a government cover-up of the actions of certain governm

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Introduction. 1. Man with a Mission 2. The Future of Islam 3. Egyptian Nationalists, 1881-1882 4. The Die is Cast 5. Two's Company, Three's a Crowd 6. The Battle for Egypt at Home 7. The "Circassian Plot" 8. Beginning of the End 9. The Inevitable