Kurds arabs and britons the memoir of col wa lyon in kurdistan 1918 1945 david k fieldhouse after world war i britains geographical expansion was echoed by a decline in power. After world war i britains geographical expansion was echoed by a decline in power in kurdistan where the dwindling of the british empire was played out against a background of world politics wallace lyon was provincial administrator and administrative inspector his job was to protect the kurds from iraq and safeguard british imperial interests. Start by marking kurds arabs and britons the memoir of col wa lyon in kurdistan 1918 1945 as want to read. After world war i britains geographical expansion was echoed by a decline in power in kurdistan where the dwindling of the british empire was played out against a background of world politics wallace lyon was provincial administrator and administrative inspector his job was to protect the kurds from iraq and safeguard british imperial interests. Get this from a library kurds arabs and britons the memoir of col wa lyon in kurdistan 1918 1945 w a lyon d k fieldhouse wallace lyon was provincial administrator and administrative inspector in northern iraq an area known unofficially as kurdistan between 1918 and 1945 his job was to administer what at the time