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Empires of the sand: the struggle for mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923
Empires of the sand: the struggle for mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923
Author
Karsh, Efraim
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Publication Date
1999
Language
English
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Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult)
956.015 KARSH
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History
Middle East -- History -- 19th century
Middle East -- History -- 20th century
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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 skin
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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Contributors
Karsh, Inari
ISBN
9780674251526
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