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Record Nr.

UNISA996418942403316

Autore

Alghafal Suaad

Titolo

A Bridgehead to Africa : German Interest in the Ottoman Province of Tripoli (Libya) 1884-1918 / / Suaad Alghafal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-11-068501-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XII, 242 p.)

Collana

ZMO-Studien ; ; 39

Disciplina

940

Soggetti

RELIGION / Islam / History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Pictures -- List of Maps -- Appendix -- Introduction -- 1 European Colonial Ambitions and Economic Expansions of the Reich (1884-1918) -- 2 The Province of Tripoli and its Significance for German Interests (1870-1884) -- 3 The German Scramble for Africa (1882-1909) -- 4 German Economic Activities in the Province of Tripoli and Ottoman- German Relations in 1910 -- 5 German-Ottoman Rapprochement Policy and its Impact in Libya during World War I (1914-1918) -- Conclusion -- Glossary of Arabic Words -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph analyses the role of the province of Tripoli, Libya, in the context of German foreign politics with a focus on the period between 1884 and 1918. Suaad Alghafal examines the German military, political and economic strategy, and sheds lights on the international events that provided the setting for the German policy towards Libya, particularly the European 'Scramble for Africa'.