Empires of the Sand : : The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923 /

Empires of the Sand : : The Struggle for Mastery in the Middle East, 1789-1923 / / Efraim Karsh, Inari Karsh.

Empires of the Sand offers a bold and comprehensive reinterpretation of the struggle for mastery in the Middle East during the long nineteenth century (1789-1923). This book denies primacy to Western imperialism in the restructuring of the region and attributes equal responsibility to regional power...

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Karsh, Efraim,
Karsh, Inari,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]
©2001
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (426 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • Part One Imperial Sunset
  • 1 Riding the Napoleonic Storms
  • 2 The Greek Tinderbox
  • 3 Muhammad Ali's Imperial Dream
  • 4 Losing Egypt
  • 5 Out of Europe
  • 6 The Young Turks in Power
  • Part Two Demise of the "Sick Man"
  • 7 The Ottoman Road to War
  • 8 The Entente's Road to War
  • 9 The Lust for Glory
  • 10 Genocide in Armenia
  • 11 Repression in the Holy Land
  • 12 Istanbul and the Arabs
  • 13 The "Great Arab Revolt"
  • 14 Hussein's Imperial Bid
  • 15 Dividing the Bear's Skin
  • Part Three: Unite and Rule
  • 16 The Balfour Declaration
  • 17 The Undoing of the Sykes-Picot Agreement
  • 18 Losing Syria
  • 19 A Kingdom for Faisal
  • 20 And One for Abdullah
  • 21 From Empire to Nation
  • Epilogue
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Index

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