1st Edition
The Arab Awakening The Story of the National Arab Movement
By George Antonius
Copyright 2000
490 Pages
by
Routledge
490 Pages
by
Routledge
490 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1938, this fine book is the first study of the Arab national movement ever written. 'The whole of this brilliantly written book moves at the same plane of objective and critical scholarship.' Daily Telegraph, London. 'A good book written by a scholar, an expert on the subject and a resident in the country ... a very excellent and extremely able book.' The Observer, London.
FOREWORD CHAPTER I THE BACKGROUND CHAPTER II A FALSE START CHAPTER III The START: 1847-68 CHAPTER IV THE HAMIDIAN DESPOTISM: 1876-1908 CHAPTER V THE INFANT MOVEMENT: 1868-1908 CHAPTER VI YOUNG ARABS AND YOUNG TURKS: 1908-14 CHAPTER VII THE WAR AND THE HOLY WAR: 1914 CHAPTER VIII THE PLOT: 1915 CHAPTER IX GREAT BRITAIN'S PLEDGE: 1915 CHAPTER X THE REVOLT: JUNE 1916 CHAPTER XI IMMEDIATE EFFECTS CHAPTER XII THE ARABS IN THE WAR: 1916-18 CHAPTER XIII PLEDGES AND COUNTER-PLEDGES CHAPTER XIV THE POST-WAR SETTLEMENT CHAPTER XV THE PENINSULA AFTER THE WAR CHAPTER XVI IRAQ, SYRIA AND PALESTINE AFTER THE WAR
Biography
Geroge Antonius was a scholar and expert on the Middle East.
