Making the Modern Middle East Second Edition

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-909942-99-8
Verlag: Gingko Library

Buch, Englisch, 390 Seiten, Format (B × H): 136 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 432 g

In 1914 the Middle East was still dominated, as it had been for some four centuries, by the Ottoman Empire; by 1923, its political shape had changed beyond recognition as the result of the insistent claims of Arab and Turkish nationalism and of Zionism. This book examines that historic transformation, taking as its focus the work of three leaders. The Hashemite Emir Feisal hoped to head an Arab kingdom in Syria but was thwarted by the French. The Turkish war hero Mustafa Kemal defied the imperial ambitions of the European powers, inspiring a new Turkish nationalism and founding a secular republic on the ruins of a defeated empire. The Russian-born scientist Chaim Weizmann seized the chance to secure the Balfour Declaration in favour of Zionism from the British in 1917, and then successfully argued for a British mandate for Palestine which would carry this out.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fraser, T. G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements vii The Birth of Nationalisms 1 Wartime Promises and Expectations 51 Arabs and Zionists in Paris 134 San Remo and Sèvres: the Flawed Peace 195 The Middle East Rebels and the Peace Settlement Revisited 256 From War to War 322 Conclusion: The Legacy 383 Further Reading 431 Index 432

Über Autor(innen)

TG Fraser is Professor Emeritus at Ulster University. Andrew Mango (1926-2014) was the author of the definitive biography of Ataturk (2002). Robert McNamara is currently a Senior Lecturer in International History at Ulster University.