Introduction
Britain’s involvement in the Iraqi’s state creation is considered to be a failure. The mission to construct a stable region in Iraqi was not accomplished partially due to the unfavorable time when the entire international system was being transformed. Great Britain suffered heavy economic and military losses in the course of the operation (Dodge par.3).
Main body
The initial concern of the British was to provide the region with stability that was supposed to become the fundament of further reorganizational activity. Nevertheless, the negative implication of the local public moods created constant difficulties and finally prevented the British from achieving their goal.
The British policy in Iraqi’s regulations was highly money-losing. The country’s presence in the region required considerable investments. Although the high costs were supposed to be made up by extending the British power, history shows that the cost-effectiveness of their actions fell short of expectations (Hopwood par.6).
The local people of Kurdish and Assyrian roots preferred the British domination to the Arabian autocratic policy. They feared that the latter would result in ethnic discrimination (Whitecotton par.12). The primary concern of the locals was the stability maintenance in the region. Meanwhile, the Arabs rejected all the reorganizational plans of the British fearing their power would become excessive (“History Crash Course: The British Mandate” par.5). This fear prompted disorders and unrest.
Conclusion
The key problems the British experienced in the region were the contradictions between the local inhabitants a significant part of which would not admit the values the British tried to promote (“Farhud, 1941: Iraqi Jews Remember a Massacre” par.4). Moreover, the controlling power of the British turned out to be insufficient. The actions were poorly coordinated by London that made the organization process problematic (Cleveland and Bunton 49).
References
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Farhud, 1941: Iraqi Jews Remember a Massacre 2014. Web.
History Crash Course: The British Mandate 2004. Web.
Hopwood, Derek 2014. British Relations with Iraq. Web.
Cleveland, William, and Martin Bunton. A History of the Modern Middle East, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Westview Press, 2013. Print.
Whitecotton, Victoria 2012. The Iraqi Mandate: An Examination of the Relationship between Britain and Iraq in the Aftermath of the First World War. 2015. Web.