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Warren Dockter (born 1982) is an author and historian. He was a Research Fellow at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge and a lecturer at Aberystwyth University in International Politics.
Dockter is a former member of the council of the British Institute at Ankara. [1] Dockter now serves as the President and CEO of the East Tennessee Historical Society in Knoxville, TN. [2]
Warren Dockter is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and gained his PhD at the University of Nottingham. [3] His book Churchill and the Islamic World: Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East (2015) challenged notions surrounding Winston Churchill's Islamophobia. According to Dockter, Churchill's often quoted criticism of Islam was written during a time of a fundamentalist revolt in Sudan and this statement does not reflect his full views of Islam as a religion, which were "often paradoxical and complex." He could be critical but at times "romanticized" the Islamic world; he exhibited great "respect, understanding and magnanimity." [4] [5] Churchill had a fascination of Islam and Islamic civilization. [5] Winston Churchill's future sister-in-law expressed concerns about his fascination by stating, "[p]lease don't become converted to Islam; I have noticed in your disposition a tendency to orientalism." However, Dockter also asserted that Churchill "never seriously considered converting" to Islam. [6] [7] [8]
Dockter worked with Boris Johnson as his research assistant for the book The Churchill Factor: How One Man made History. [9] He was not credited, but was thanked in its acknowledgments. [10]
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