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Routledge
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Routledge
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In this book, Isaiah Friedman examines one of the most complex problems that bedeviled Middle East politics in the interwar period, one that still remains controversial. The prevailing view is that during World War I the British government made conflicting commitments to the Arabs, to the French, and to the Jews. Through a rigorous examination of the documentary evidence, Friedman demolishes the... Read more
Introduction 1 A Follow-up to the Dialogue with 2 The Pledge to Hussein and the Sykes-Picot Agreement 3 Toynbee versus Toynbee 4 Pro-Arab or Pro-Zionist? 5 Sykes, Picot, and Hussein 6 A Fatal Misunderstanding 7 The Sharifians, Palestinians, and the Zionists 8 The Declaration to the Seven and Lawrence's Capture of Damascus 9 The Weizmann-Feisal Agreement and After 10 The King-Crane Commission and the Unmaking of the Weizmann-Feisal Agreement
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Friedman, Isaiah
