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The poisoned well : empire and its legacy in the Middle East / Roger Hardy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hardy, Roger, 1949- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Autonomy and independence movements.
- History.
- Chronology.
- Middle East--History--Chronology.
- Middle East.
- Autonomy and independence movements--History.
- Middle East--Foreign relations--20th century.
- International relations.
- Middle East--Politics and government--20th century.
- Politics and government.
- Imperialism.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
- Contents:
- 1 Out of the Ashes 7
- 2 Sword of Arabia 27
- 3 The Struggle for the Levant 45
- 4 Lovers of Zion 65
- 5 Abdullah's Little Kingdom 87
- 6 Oil and Empire 101
- 7 The Pigeons of Denshawai 123
- 8 Revolution on the Tigris 145
- 9 The Battle of Algiers 163
- 10 Arabian Endgame 183.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0190623209
- 9780190623203
- OCLC:
- 959329233
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