Format:
Online-Ressource (vii, 376 p)
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maps
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780199287376
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0199287376
Content:
The Middle East is constantly in the news and is a major focus for international conflict. This book attempts to explain why this is so. It covers the crucial period after 1914, when the Ottoman empire was defeated and its provinces taken over by Britain and France, ending in 1958, when the Iraqi revolution finally ended British influence in the region. It describes both British and French policies and the reactions of Arabs and Jews. - ;The term 'Fertile Crescent' is commonly used as shorthand for the group of territories extending around the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates. Here it is assumed to
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-357) and index
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Contents; Glossary; Maps; PART ONE: BEFORE THE MANDATES, 1900-1922; 1. The Decline of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East and the 'Arab Awakening' before 1914; 2. War and the Partition of the Ottoman Empire, 1914-1922; PART TWO: ALIEN RULE AND NATIONALIST REACTIONS, 1918-1958; 3. Britain in Mesopotamia/Iraq, 1918-1958; 4. Palestine: Zionism and the Genesis of the Mandate; 5. Palestine: The British Mandate, 1918-1948; 6. Transjordan, 1918-1956; 7. Syria and the French, 1918-1946; 8. Lebanon and the French, 1918-1946; PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS; 9. Conclusions; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B
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CD; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199287376
Additional Edition:
Print version Western Imperialism in the Middle East 1914-1958
Language:
English
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