Abdullah al-Tall, Arab Legion officer : Arab nationalism and opposition to the Hashemite regime / Ronen Yitzhak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yitzhak, Ronen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tall, ʻAbd Allāh.

Soldiers--Jordan--Biography.

Soldiers.

Governors--Jordan--Biography.

Governors.

Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949.

Jordan.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xv, 207 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Brighton ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2012.

Summary:

This book reviews al-Tall's military-political biography during the years he served as an officer in the Arab Legion and those he spent in political exile in Egypt. The purpose is to understand al-Tall's personality, his contribution to the success of the Arab Legion in the 1948 war, and his part in the assassination of King Abdullah. A through survey of the historic background of the founding of Jordan and the Arab Legion, the 1948 war, the rivalry between King Abdullah and King Faruq, and the Egyptian-Jordanian struggle in the 1950s and 1960s, is provided.

Ronen Yitzhak's book is based on books written by al-Tall himself and material located in Israeli archives (the IDF, Haganah and Israel state archives), as well as the UK national Archives (London). In addition memoris of prominent persons of the time, along with newspaper reports and other general secondary material written in Arabic, Herbew and English are utilized. This book is essential reading for anybody engaged in the history of the Middle East and Israeli-Arab conflict. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The First Years in the Arab Legion 1

2 Conqueror of Jerusalem 36

3 The Assassination of King Abdullah 74

4 In Exile in Egypt and Return to Jordan 112.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781845194086

184519408X

OCLC:

475456250