An enlightening and original account of an important and neglected aspect of Churchill's strategic and political world view. It forces us to rethink what we know about the origins of the modern Middle East. Essential reading for Churchill scholars and general students alike.

Richard Toye, Professor of Modern History, University of Exeter

Warren Dockter has written the first comprehensive account of Churchill's lifelong and many-side engagement with the Muslim world. Combining meticulous research with insight and imagination, he restores to its rightful place a theme of crucial importance for the assessment of the great man's character and career.

Paul Addison, Honorary Fellow, University of Edinburgh

A timely, penetrating, and balanced study. The trenchant analysis it provides of encounters, perceptions, and complexities is bound to have an abiding endurance and relevance like the multifaceted figure and culture it examines.

Professor Riad Nourallah, Director of Research, London Academy of Diplomacy

A panoramic and insightful overview of Churchill's lifelong relationship with the Muslim world which reveals it to be both more complex and more interesting than is generally portrayed.

Allen Packwood, Director of the Churchill Archives Centre, University of Cambridge

Warren Dockter's timely and important book has illuminated Churchill's relationship with the Islamic world which has previously been so misunderstood. It is necessary reading for Churchill scholars and anyone interested in the Middle East. Truly a work of monumental scholarship.

Boris Johnson, author of The Churchill Factor