The tyranny of strangers: new perspectives on British foreign policy and democracy in the Arab Middle East (original) (raw)

me to take on the project and for their enduring sagacity, patience and undue faith (as well as very long leash!) in its production over the many years since. Further hearty appreciation for supervisory input and inspiration is expressed to Charles Tripp and other academic staff and peers at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. The principal debt, however, is owed to the many interviewees who spared time and energy to lend me their insights, intrigues, good (and sometimes bad) humour and wisdom. Without their abundant and humbling generosity, this thesis would not have been. Many thanks are also extended to various formal funders of this project, including the University of Melbourne, British Institute for the Studies of Iraq and the Council for British Research in the Levant, for making feasible so much edifying research, travel and many enriching academic encounters.

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