
Making the Modern Middle East
T. G. Fraser(Editor)
Gingko Library (Publisher)
Published on 1. May 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
390 pages
978-1-909942-99-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
GINGKO
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
2 Maps
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Weight
472 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-909942-99-8 (9781909942998)
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07/2014
Gingko Library
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Persons
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.
Content
Preface and Acknowledgements vii The Birth of Nationalisms 1 Wartime Promises and Expectations 51 Arabs and Zionists in Paris 134 San Remo and Sevres: 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