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Faisal I of Iraq /
Born in 1883, King Faisal I of Iraq was a seminal figure not only in the founding of the state of Iraq but also in the making of the modern Middle East. In all the tumult leading to the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire and the establishment of new Arab states, Faisal was a central player. His life...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven, CT :
Yale University Press,
[2014]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- Key Personalities
- Chronology of Events
- Prologue - September, 1933: Death of a King
- Part I. An Empire Disintegrates: The Ottoman Era (1833-1914)
- 1. From the Desert to the Metropolis
- 2. Return to Mecca
- 3. Prelude to War
- Part II. Breaking the Bonds: The First World War and the Arab Revolt (1914-1918)
- 4. The Road to the Rising
- 5. The Arab Revolt I: Consolidating the Revolt
- 6. The Arab Revolt II: Breaking Out
- 7. The Arab Revolt III: Railroad War
- 8. To Damascus!
- Part III. A Shattered Dream: Syria and the Paris Peace Conference (1918-1921)
- 9. The Rudiments of a State
- 10. First Footsteps in Europe
- 11. At the Paris Peace Conference I
- 12. At the Paris Peace Conference II
- 13. The Struggle for Syria
- 14. The Collapse of the Kingdom of Syria
- 15. Adrift
- 16. A King in Waiting
- Part IV. A New Beginning: Iraq (1921-1933)
- 17. From Mesopotamia to Iraq
- 18. King of Iraq
- 19. Faisal, Cox and the Rise of the Opposition
- 20. The Rebellion of the Ayatollahs
- 21. Assemblies, Treaties, Constitutions
- 22. Oil and the Mosul Question
- 23. Struggling to Break Free
- 24. Towards Independence
- 25. Vindication at Last
- 26. A Calamitous End
- Epilogue: Faisal the Great
- Notes
- Index