Western imperialism in the Middle East 1914-1958

Western imperialism in the Middle East 1914-1958 /

The Middle East is constantly in the news and is a major focus for international conflict. This book attempts to explain why this is so. It covers the crucial period after 1914, when the Ottoman empire was defeated and its provinces taken over by Britain and France, ending in 1958, when the Iraqi re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fieldhouse, D. K. (David Kenneth), 1925-2018
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
Mandates.
Imperialism.
Anti-imperialist movements > Middle East.
Middle East > History > 20th century.
Electronic book.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Before the mandates, 1900-1922
  • The decline of the Ottoman Empire in the Middle East and the 'Arab Awakening' before 1914
  • War and the partition of the Ottoman Empire, 1914-1922
  • pt. 2. Alien rule and nationalist reactions, 1918-1958
  • Britain in Mesopotamia/Iraq, 1918-1958
  • Palestine : Zionism and the genesis of the mandate
  • Palestine : the British mandate, 1918-1948
  • Transjordan, 1918-1956
  • Syria and the French, 1918-1946
  • Lebanon and the French, 1918-1946
  • pt. 3. Conclusions.

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