Harold B. Hoskins
Harold Boies Hoskins (1895-1977) was an American businessman, diplomat and expert on the Middle East.George DuganHarold Hoskins dies; expert on Mideast ''New York Times'', 25 April 1977. Life Harold Hoskins was born in Beirut, the son of American missionaries to Syria (at the time Syria was a province of the Ottoman Empire, and the term included all modern Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and some small areas that are currently within the boundaries of Turkey). He graduated from the Hill School in 1913 and from Princeton University in 1917. During World War I he served as an officer in the 5th Marine Regiment, and was awarded the Croix de Guerre with palm. A textile executive, Hopkins joined the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. A friend of both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Sumner Welles, Hopkins was sent to Cairo in 1942 to appraise the situation in the Middle East. His April 1943 report advocated "no final decisions" on Palestine (region), Palestine until ...
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Middle East
The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabian Peninsula, Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Anatolia, Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Province), East Thrace (European part of Turkey), Egypt, Iran, the Levant (including Syria (region), Ash-Shām and Cyprus), Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq), and the Socotra Governorate, Socotra Archipelago (a part of Yemen). The term came into widespread usage as a replacement of the term Near East (as opposed to the Far East) beginning in the early 20th century. The term "Middle East" has led to some confusion over its changing definitions, and has been viewed by some to be discriminatory or too Eurocentrism, Eurocentric. The region includes the vast majority of the territories included in the closely associated definition of Western Asia (including Iran), but without the South Caucasus, and additionally includes all of Egypt (not just the Sina ...
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