Book reviews

Middle East Oil and Empire: British Policy and Mesopotamian Oil, 1900–1920. By Marian Kent. London, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1976. First published 1976 by The Macmillan Press, Ltd., Pp. 272. Appendices. Notes. Statistics. Photographs. Bibliog. Index. £10.00. Turkish Diplomacy, 1918–1923. Mustafa Kemal and the Turkish National Movement. By Salahi Ramsdan Sonyel. London and Beverly Hills, California, Sage Publications, 1975. Sage Studies in Twentieth‐century History, Vol. 3. Pp. 267. Index. £7.00. The Heritage of Persia. By Richard N. Frye. London, Cardinal, 1976. 2nd Edition. Pp. 310. Illus. Maps. Appendices. Bibliog. Index. £1.50. Captain Shakespear. By H. V. F. Winstone. London, Jonathan Cape, 1976. Pp. 256. Maps. Illus. Bibliog. Glossary. Index. £4.95. Haroon al Rasheed and the Great Abbasids.…