egypt n the british takeover

• wotd: toady - a person who behaves obsequiously to someone important

Piers Brendon: Decline n Fall of the British Empire:

• Gladstone believed in virtue of self-rule

  • liberal

• Disraeli’s more assertive policy

  • “occupy, fortify, grab and brag”

    • bolstering british position vis a vis other countries

      • remember the issue of increased economic comp + associated real/imagined decline

        • confidence tinged with insecurity - experience seen as demonstrainif not

    • Empire seem as popular in great britain

      • imperial expansion seen as route to electoral success

• events on Egypt itself

  • Egypt sliding into anarchy

  • 1881 revolt led by Arabi - threat to financial interests of the British

    • against weak gov

    • against British intervention/influence

    • British military intervention = success > seen as required to keep peace/security etc

      • britain then stays in egypt to bring ‘‘good govt” despite unhappiness of Egypt