British miscalculations : the rise of Muslim nationalism, 1918-1925 / Isaiah Friedman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedman, Isaiah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab nationalism--Palestine--History.

Arab nationalism.

International relations.

History.

Palestine--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Palestine.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Palestine.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--1910-1936.

Physical Description:

xvi, 378 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick (N.J.) : Transaction Publishers, [2012]

Summary:

In this myth-shattering study Isaiah Friedman provides a new perspective on events in the Middle East during World War I and its aftermath. He shows that British officials in Cairo mistakenly assumed that the Arabs would rebel against Turkey and welcome the British as deliverers. It was mainly the soldiers of Britain, the Commonwealth, and India that overthrew Ottoman rule, not the Arabs. Friedman also argues that, if properly handled, the Arab-Zionist conflict was not inevitable. The responsibility lay in the hands of the British administration of Palestine.

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Contents:

Missed opportunity

Turkish-Arabic-Pan-Islamic league versus the British

Egypt's struggle for independence

Pan-Islamic-Bolshevik-Turkish assault on Britain

Anglo-Soviet rivalry and the rise of nationalism in Afghanistan and Persia

Mesopotamia: a futile adventure

Rejection of British presence in Mesopotamia

Rebellion in Mesopotamia

Great Britain and the Graeco-Turkish conflict, 1918-1920

Great Britain and the Graeco-Turkish conflict 1920-1922

Great Britain and the Graeco-Turkish war, 1921-1922

Heading towards a disaster

Inferno in Smyrna

Was a peaceful coexistence between Arabs and jews in Palestine possible?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781412847490

1412847494

OCLC:

752472806