Empires of the sand : the struggle for mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923 /

The authors "show how the Hashemites played a decisive role in shaping present Middle Eastern boundaries and in hastening the collapse of Ottoman rule."--Jacket

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Karsh, Efraim
Otros Autores: Karsh, Inari
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1999.
Temas:
1800-1999
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Machtpolitik
Hegemonie.
Middle East > History > 19th century.
Middle East > History > 20th century.
Moyen-Orient > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Moyen-Orient > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Middle East
Naher Osten
Naher Osten > Geschichte > 1789-1923.
Moyen-Orient > 1789 > 1923.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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