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Title:
Empires of the sand : the struggle for mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923
Author:
Karsh, Efraim.
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Publication Information:
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
Physical Description:
x, 409 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Riding the Napoleonic storms -- The Greek tinderbox -- Muhammad Ali's imperial dream -- Losing Egypt -- Out of Europe -- The young Turks in power -- The Ottoman road to war -- The entente's road to war -- The lust for glory -- Genocide in Armenia -- Repression in the holy land -- Istanbul and the Arabs -- The "great Arab revolt" -- Hussein's imperial bid -- Dividing the bear's skins -- The Balfour declaration -- The undoing of the Sykes-Picot Agreement -- Losing Syria -- A kingdom for Faisal -- And one for Abdullah -- From empire to nation.
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ISBN:
9780674251526
Format :
Book