Bibliograph

Empires of the sand, the struggle for mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923, Efraim Karsh and Inari Karsh

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Empires of the sand, the struggle for mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923, Efraim Karsh and Inari Karsh

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-397) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplatesmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Empires of the sand

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

41439554

Responsibility statement

Efraim Karsh and Inari Karsh

Sub title

the struggle for mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923

Table Of 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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